Guide to the WTO and GATT

Abstract

Explains the current system of international trade law and international economic relations as they have evolved over the last seven decades Describes all major precedent-setting cases in WTO jurisprudence and analyses their effect to date and the trends they have set in motion, particularly as they relate to perceived discrimination against developing nations Investigates the legal merits of arguments within the WTO and among scholars over such controversial matters as regulation of competition, setting of labor standards, and environmental controls, as well as thorny concerns raised by enforcement of intellectual property rights and limitation on investments