Trade And Investment Rule-Making: The Role of Regional And Bilateral Agreements - Couverture souple

United Nations University

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9280811320 ISBN 13 : 9789280811322

Editeur : United Nations University, 2007

Synopsis

Regional trade agreements are playing a greater role in shaping trade and investment rules around the world. To date the study of preferential agreements has focused on their impact on tariff preferences, but as tariffs are reduced rule-making becomes more important in trade and investment. This book addresses the role of regional and bilateral agreements in rule-making; provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of regional and other preferential agreements on rule-making; and illustrates the role of regional agreements in a multi-level process of rule-making. Seven detailed case studies show that regional agreements can make a positive contribution to the evolution of predictable trade and investment rules, but much depends on the kind of rules they promote. To date regional rule-making has gone hand-in-hand with the evolution of multilateral rules, but recent developments give some pause for thought. It is important to understand more fully the interaction between the regional and other levels of rule-making, if the positive aspects are to be furthered and negative aspects contained.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Woolcock is a lecturer in international relations at the London School of Economics and associate research fellow at UNU-CRIS in Bruges, Belgium.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: United Nations University
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9280811320
• ISBN 13: 9789280811322
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 282
• Éditeur: Woolcock Stephen
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• Personne responsable: non disponible