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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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Routledge Research in International Economic Law |
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Routledge research in international economic law.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of GATT/WTO Cases; Table of Treaties and Other Legal Instruments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Infant industry promotion: an omitted legal discussion; 1.2 Chinese large civil aircraft and China''s WTO accession commitments; 1.3 Framing the main discussion and possible implications; 1.4 Emerging challenges for international trade regulation; Part I Infant Industry Promotion in Historical and Legal Contexts |
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2 Infant Industry Promotion and the WTO in Historical Perspective2.1 An Inventory of early industrialization policies and practices; 2.2 Import-substituting industrialization; 2.3 A provisional shift to liberalization; 2.4 Export-oriented industrialization; 2.5 An overview of WTO legal constraints on industrial policy-making; 2.5.1 Further shrinkage of development policy options; 2.5.2 Challenges for China''s technology-led industrial development; 2.6 A concluding remark; 3 Infant Industry Promotion and the Government Role in the WTO; 3.1 Development as the core value of the WTO |
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3.1.1 Overarching objective3.1.2 Basic principles; 3.2 A reinforced call for adequate development space in the WTO; 3.2.1 Justifying infant industry promotion in free markets; 3.2.2 How states intervene to promote infant industries; 3.3 A concluding remark; Part II Implications of Policy Constraints, Evolving Jurisprudence and Negotiations; 4 GATT 1994: No Retreat to Import-Substituting Industrialization; 4.1 Intensified multilateral strictures against import substitution; 4.1.1 Industrial tariffs; 4.1.2 Quantitative restrictions; 4.1.3 Local content requirements |
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4.2 The Doha accelerated agenda on industrial tariffs4.2.1 Less than full reciprocity: an undefined benchmark; 4.2.2 Horizontal tariff negotiation; 4.2.3 Sectoral tariff negotiation; 4.3 Effectiveness concerns about the GATT S & DT provisions; 4.4 A concluding remark; 5 SCM: Graduation from Ostensible Export Subsidization; 5.1 A rigorous multilateral prohibition of export subsidies; 5.1.1 Subsidy; 5.1.2 Export contingency; 5.1.3 Illustrative list; 5.2 Where to continue the story of export promotion; 5.2.1 Ready to graduate from export subsidies?; 5.2.2 Export finance subsidy |
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5.2.3 Domestic production subsidy5.3 Effectiveness concerns about the SCM S & DT provisions; 5.4 A concluding remark; 6 TBT/SPS: Technical Barriers and the Standardization Strategy; 6.1 Differentiating between technical regulations and technical barriers; 6.1.1 Internal consistency; 6.1.2 Three-pronged necessity; 6.1.3 Science and risk assessment; 6.1.4 The harmonization goal; 6.2 An unabated trend towards regulatory heterogeneity; 6.2.1 Harmonization: a way forward in TBT?; 6.2.2 Science: a way forward in SPS?; 6.3 Effectiveness concerns about the TBT/SPS S & DT provisions |
| Summary |
The charter of the World Trade Organization (WTO) sets the tone that sustainable trade and economic development dominates multilateral trade negotiation and specific working agreements. This book examines the novel challenge for developing countries to upgrade and optimize their industrial structure and trade composition by stimulating genuinely innovative and competitive industrial strength. The book specifically explores the issue of infant industry promotion under the legal framework of the WTO treaties and case law. Taking the regulatory measures and incentives China has used to build up a |
| Notes |
6.4 A concluding remark |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World Trade Organization -- Developing countries
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)
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| SUBJECT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) fast (OCoLC)fst00530676 |
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World Trade Organization. fast (OCoLC)fst00697669 |
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Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96041097
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Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15) fast (OCoLC)fst01774033 |
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Foreign trade regulation.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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Foreign trade regulation.
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Developing countries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315767833 |
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131576783X |
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9781317664635 |
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1317664639 |
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9781317664628 |
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1317664620 |
