International Trade Law

Title first published in 2003. Drawn from across a number of disciplines, the studies in this key volume explore current and recent issues in international trade law. Contributors outline the principles of international trade, present the theoretical explanation for the effects of trade policy and examine trade law in operation, allowing readers to understand the process by which international trade operates.

Contents: Part I General Principles of International trade: Is free trade passé, Paul R. Krugman; The case for free trade, Michael J. Trebilcock. Part II Trade Politics: The Theory of Rent Seeking: The political economy of the rent-seeking society, Anne O. Krueger; Directly unproductive, profit-seeking (DUP) activities, Jagdish N. Bhagwati. Part III Trade Policies in Action: Liberalism or Protectionism?: The political economy of trade: institutions of protection, Judith Goldstein; The political economy of administered protection, J.M. Finger, H. Keith Hall and Douglas R. Nelson; The trading nation's dilemma: the functions of the law of international trade, Kenneth W. Abbott. Part IV Design and Implementation of the Trade Laws: Protectionism as a 'safeguard': a positive analysis of the GATT 'escape clause' with normative speculations, Alan O. Sykes; The meaning of 'subsidy' and 'injury' in the countervailing duty law, Charles J. Goetz, Lloyd Granet and Warren F. Schwartz; Antidumping laws as barriers to trade - the United States and the international anti-dumping code, John J. Barceló III; An economic analysis of dumping, Richard D. Boltuck; The economics of 'injury' in antidumping and countervailing duty cases: a reply to Professor Sykes, Ronald A. Cass and Michael S. Knoll. Part V The Institutions of International Trade Law: Do we need the WTO?, Douglas A. Irwin; Transcending the ostensible: some reflections on the nature of litigation between governments, Robert E. Hudec; The WTO 'constitution' and proposed reforms: 7 mantras revisited, John H. Jackson; The World Trade Constitution, John O. McGinnis and Mark L. Movsesian; Name index.