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Author Kende, Mathias, author

Title The trade policy review mechanism : a critical analysis / Mathias Kende
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Series International economic law
International economic law series (Oxford, England)
Contents Cover; Half tile; Series; The Trade Policy Review Mechanism; Copyright; Summary Contents; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Table of International Instruments; List of Abbreviations; I. Introduction; A. Executive Summary; B. Motivation; C. Methodology; II. Critical Analysis of the TPRM; A. The TPRM as the WTO's Mechanism for Peer Review; 1. Mechanisms for peer review: historical conceptual development and actual settings; 2. Mechanisms for peer review: theoretical core elements; 3. The advent of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism: a nascent mechanism for peer review?
B. The TPRM's Performance as the WTO's Mechanism for Peer Review1. First appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (January-​September 1999): review of the TPRM's functioning between 1989 and September 1999; 2. Second appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (May-​July 2005): review of the TPRM's functioning between September 1999 and September 2005; 3. Third appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (January-October 2008): review of TPRM's functioning between September 2005 and October 2008
4. Fourth appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (July-​November 2011): review of TPRM's functioning between October 2008 and November 20115. Fifth appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (July-​October 2013): review of the TPRM's functioning between November 2011 and October 2013; III. Conclusions; A. Objectives; B. Structure; 1. The first structural element: periodicity; 2. Second structural element: investigative procedure(s); 3. Third structural element: reporting requirements, the structure of the review meeting, and a follow-​up structure
4. Fourth structural element: formal review of peer reviewC. Participation; 1. Governmental representation; 2. The Secretariat; 3. Discussants; 4. Towards the inclusion of business, social partners, and civil society?; Postscript; Bibliography; Index
Summary The WTO's Trade Policy Review Mechanism, which reviews the trade policies and practices of each WTO member at regular intervals, is generally considered to function well. In this day and age, complacency is unwise. Examining trade policy reviews throughout the lifetime of the TPRM, this work details its evolution from Article X of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to the proposed modifications resulting from the mechanism's latest appraisal, examining the budgetary capabilities and technical performance of all the main entities who participate in the reviews
Notes This edition previously issued in print: 2018
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 5, 2018)
Subject World Trade Organization. Trade Policy Review Body.
Commercial policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
Commercial policy
Business & Management.
Industry.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191859137
0191859133
9780192549747
019254974X