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The WTO case law of 2008 : legal and economic analysis /

This book brings together the 2008 output of the American Law Institute (ALI) project on World Trade Organization Law. Each chapter focuses on a different dispute from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Each case is jointly evaluated by well known experts in trade law and international economics. A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: American Law Institute
Otros Autores: Horn, Henrik, Mavroidis, Petros C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
Colección:American Law Institute reporters' studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Appellate Body Report in EC-Bananas III : waiver-thin, or lock, stock, metric ton?; 1. Introduction; 2. Factual background and original compliance Panel findings; 2.1 Order of events2; 2.2 Relevant documents; 3. Claims on appeal, findings of the AB, and some observations; 3.1 Procedural issues; 3.1.1 Article 9.3 DSU and Rule 20(2)(d)(i) of AB Working Procedures; 3.1.2 The legal effect of the Understandings on Bananas and the use of estoppel in the WTO; 3.1.3 'Repeal' of the challenged measures
  • 3.1.4 Legal effect of Panel suggestions and the relationship of Articles 19.1 and 21.5 of the DSU3.1.5 Article 3.8 DSU and nullification or impairment suffered by the US and Ecuador; 3.2 Substantive issues; 3.2.1 Non-discriminatory administration of tariff quotas under Article XIII; 3.2.2 Doha Article I Waiver as 'subsequent agreement'; 3.2.3 Interpretation of the EC market-access commitments and expiry of the EC's 'MFN' tariff quota; 4. A law and economics perspective on certain aspects of the AB Report in Bananas III (21.5); 4.1 Article XIII GATT and the economics of tariff quotas
  • 4.1.1 A brief economic assessment of tariff quotas4.1.2 The distribution of trade under tariff quotas and the AB's test of Article XIII:2; 4.1.3 Quota-allocation methods, distribution of trade, and the inherent contradictions in Article XIII:2 GATT; 4.1.3.1 Market allocation methods; 4.1.3.2 Quasi-market allocation methods102; 4.1.3.3 Discretionary allocation methods; 4.1.3.4 Article XIII:2(d) GATT and historical allocation; 4.1.3.5 Ways of making quota allocation compatible to Article XIII:2 GATT; 4.2 Looking forward: the relationship between compliance Panels and Article 22.6 arbitrations
  • 4.2.1 The implication of 'overlap and coincidence' of NoI4.2.2 Expired measures and the starting date for retaliation; 4.2.3 The nature of nullification or impairment; 5. Conclusion; References; Guilt by association: US
  • Measures Relating to Shrimp from Thailand and US
  • Customs Bond Directive for Merchandise Subject to Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties; 1. Introduction; 2. Background to the dispute; 3. Claims; 3.1 Panel stage; 3.2 Key issues analyzed by the Appellate Body; 3.2.1 'As applied' claims; 3.2.1.1 Temporal scope of GATT Article VI : 2 and 3 Ad Note
  • 3.2.1.1.1 Interpretation of the phrase 'pending final determination of the facts in any case of suspected dumping'3.2.1.1.2 EBR constitutes an additional response to dumping; 3.2.1.1.3 Relationship between EBR and ADA Article 7; 3.2.1.2 Reasonableness of the bond requirement; 3.2.1.2.1 Obligation to assess risk of individual im; 3.2.1.2.2 Reasonableness of the likelihood rates would increase; 3.2.2 'As such' claims; 3.2.2.1 Amended CBD is inconsistent with Articles 1 and 18.1 of the ADA and Articles 10 and 32.1 of the SCM Agreement; 3.2.2.2 ADA Article 9 and SCM Agreement Article 19
  • 3.2.3 US claim
  • the Panel's analysis of the term 'necessary' in Article XX(d) of the GATT 1994