Preferential Trade Agreements: A Law and Economics Analysis

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511976445

This volume assembles a stellar group of scholars and experts to examine preferential trade agreements (PTAs), a topic that has time and again attracted the interest of analysts. It presents a discussion of the evolving economic analysis regarding PTAs and the various dysfunctions that continually place them among the priority items for (re)negotiation by the WTO. The book explores recent empirical research that casts doubt on the old 'trade diversion' school and debates why the WTO should deal with PTAs and if PTAs belong under the mandate of the WTO as we now know it.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contributors
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Introduction: The Law and Economics of Contingent Protection
pp 1-6
An Introduction to the Volume
- By Kyle W. Bagwell, Petros C. Mavroidis
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1 - Preferential Trading Agreements: Friend or Foe?
pp 7-30
- By L. Alan Winters
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The “Legalization” of GATT Article XXIV – Can Foes Become Friends?
pp 31-39
- By James H. Mathis
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2 - Third-Country Effects of Regional Trade Agreements
pp 40-59
- By Caroline Freund
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3 - Contingent Protection Rules in Regional Trade Agreements
pp 60-100
- By Thomas J. Prusa, Robert Teh
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3.1 - Commentary on “Contingent Protection Rules in Regional Trade Agreements”
pp 101-114
- By David A. Gantz
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4 - The Limits of PTAs
pp 115-149
WTO Legal Restrictions on the Use of WTO-Plus Standards Regulation in PTAs
- By Joel P. Trachtman
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5 - EU and U.S. Preferential Trade Agreements: Deepening or Widening of WTO Commitments
pp 150-172
- By Henrik Horn, Petros C. Mavroidis, AndrÉ Sapir
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Straightening the Spaghetti Bowl
pp 173-174
- By Gary N. Horlick
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5.1 - Comments on “Beyond the WTO? Coverage and Legal Inflation in EU and U.S. Preferential Trade Agreements”
pp 175-179
- By Nuno Limão
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6 - Labor Clauses in EU Preferential Trade Agreements – An Analysis of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement
pp 180-209
- By Jeff Kenner
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7 - Do PTAs Actually Increase Parties' Services Trade?
pp 210-232
- By Juan A. Marchetti
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8 - A Model Article XXIV: Are There Realistic Possibilities to Improve It?
pp 233-261
- By William J. Davey
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8.1 - Comments on “A Model Article XXIV: Are There Realistic Possibilities to Improve It?”
pp 262-268
- By T. N. Srinivasan
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Index
pp 269-280
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Contributors
pp vii-viii

Introduction: The Law and Economics of Contingent Protection
pp 1-6

1 - Preferential Trading Agreements: Friend or Foe?
pp 7-30

The “Legalization” of GATT Article XXIV – Can Foes Become Friends?
pp 31-39

2 - Third-Country Effects of Regional Trade Agreements
pp 40-59

3 - Contingent Protection Rules in Regional Trade Agreements
pp 60-100

3.1 - Commentary on “Contingent Protection Rules in Regional Trade Agreements”
pp 101-114

4 - The Limits of PTAs
pp 115-149

5 - EU and U.S. Preferential Trade Agreements: Deepening or Widening of WTO Commitments
pp 150-172

Straightening the Spaghetti Bowl
pp 173-174

5.1 - Comments on “Beyond the WTO? Coverage and Legal Inflation in EU and U.S. Preferential Trade Agreements”
pp 175-179

6 - Labor Clauses in EU Preferential Trade Agreements – An Analysis of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement
pp 180-209

7 - Do PTAs Actually Increase Parties' Services Trade?
pp 210-232

8 - A Model Article XXIV: Are There Realistic Possibilities to Improve It?
pp 233-261

8.1 - Comments on “A Model Article XXIV: Are There Realistic Possibilities to Improve It?”
pp 262-268

Index
pp 269-280

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