A world trading system for the twenty-first century

A world trading system for the twenty-first century

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When designing a world trading system for the twenty-first century, “Keep calm and carry on” beats “Move fast and break things.” Global trade is in trouble. Climate change, digital trade, offshoring, the rise of emerging markets led by China: Can the World Trade Organization (WTO), built for trade i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Staiger, Robert W. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT P. 2022.
Colección:Ohlin lectures
Materias:
International economic relations.
Commercial treaties.
Foreign trade regulation.
Foreign trade regulation > Developing countries.
Globalization.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface ix
  • 1 Introduction 1
  • 1.1 A Roadmap for the Book 6
  • I The World Trading System of the Twentieth Century 29
  • 2 The GATT/WTO 31
  • 2.1 The Design of the GATT/WTO 31
  • 2.2 The Purpose of Trade Agreements 41
  • 3 What Do Trade Negotiators Negotiate About? 59
  • 3.1 Preliminaries 59
  • 3.2 Evidence from WTO Accession Negotiations 66
  • 4 Tariff Bargaining in the GATT/WTO 77
  • 4.1 Theory 78
  • 4.2 Torquay Round Bargaining Records 92
  • 5 Tariff Bargaining without GATT/WTO Rules 99
  • 5.1 Theory 99
  • 5.2 Quantitative Trade Modeling of Uruguay Round Tariff
  • Bargaining 108
  • 5.3 Interpreting Trump's (One-Sided) Trade War 112
  • 6 The GATT/WTO as an Incomplete Contract 119
  • 6.1 Rules 121
  • 6.2 Disputes 130
  • 6.3 The Non-Violation Clause 137
  • II Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century 147
  • 7 The Rise of Large Emerging Markets 149
  • 7.1 Rebalancing Market Access Commitments 149
  • 7.2 Reconsideration of the Level of Market Access
  • Commitments 158
  • 7.3 The Latecomers Problem 164
  • 8 Climate Change 169
  • 8.1 Climate Policy and Trade Agreements 170
  • 8.2 Carbon Border Adjustments 177
  • 8.3 Negotiation Linkage 181
  • 9 Digital Trade 187
  • 9.1 What Is Digital Trade? 191
  • 9.2 What Are the Policies That Affect Digital Trade? 194
  • 9.3 Digital Trade in Goods 196
  • 9.4 Digital Trade in Services 210
  • 9.5 Digital Trade and the Design of the WTO 214
  • 10 The Rise of Offshoring and Global Value Chains 219
  • 10.1 GVCs and Deep Integration 221
  • 10.2 What the Rise of GVCs Means for the Design of Trade
  • Agreements 232
  • 11 The Push toward Regulatory Convergence 237
  • 11.1 A Model of Regulatory Heterogeneity and
  • Firm Delocation 239
  • 11.2 Mutual Recognition When Consumption Externalities Are
  • Absent 246
  • 11.3 Deep Integration in the Presence of Consumption
  • Externalities 253
  • 11.4 The Push for Regulatory Convergence and the Design of
  • the WTO 260
  • III The Future of the Rules-Based Multilateral
  • Trading System 263
  • 12 The Elephants in the Room 265
  • 12.1 The Clash of Sovereignty and Globalization 265
  • 12.2 The Declining Hegemon 272
  • 12.3 The WTO's Role in Preparing for the Next Pandemic 279
  • 13 A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century 295
  • 14 Conclusion 305
  • References 311
  • Index 325.

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