{"product_id":"multilateralizing-regionalism-challenges-for-the-global-trading-system-paperback-9780521738101","title":"Multilateralizing Regionalism; Challenges for the Global Trading System (Paperback) 9780521738101","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMultilateralizing Regionalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChallenges for the Global Trading System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of revised papers from the 'Multilateralizing Regionalism' conference, held at the WTO in September 2007.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Baldwin (Edited by), Patrick Low (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521738101, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e742 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.98 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRegional trade agreements (RTAs) have proliferated around the world in the past two decades, and now nearly all members of the WTO are party to at least one. Besides tariffs and rules of origin regulating trade in goods, many RTAs now include provisions on services, investments, technical barriers to trade and competition rules, as well as a host of issues not directly related to trade. The geographic reach of RTAs is expanding, with transcontinental agreements spreading forcefully alongside intra-regional agreements. 'Multilateralizing Regionalism' was the title of a major conference held from 10–12 September 2007 at the WTO in Geneva. Brought together in this publication, the conference papers achieve two things. First, they marshall detailed, new empirical work on the nature of the 'Spaghetti Bowl' and the problems it poses for the multilateral trade system. Second, they contribute fresh and creative thinking on how to 'tame the tangle' of regional trade agreements.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Pascal Lamy\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Richard Baldwin and Patrick Low\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Background to Regionalism: 1. An historical perspective of regionalism Theresa Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e 2. The landscape of regional trade arrangements and WTO surveillance Roberto V. Fiorentino, Jo-Ann Crawford and Christelle Toqueboeuf\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Multilateralisaton - Prospects and Past Experience: 3. Beyond tariffs: multilateralising non-tariff RTA commitments Simon Evenett and Patrick Low\u003cbr\u003e Comment S. Miroudot\u003cbr\u003e 4. Multilateralising regionalism: lessons from the EU experience in relaxing rules of origin Michael Gasiorek\u003cbr\u003e 5. The information technology agreement: sui generis or model stepping stone? Catherine Mann and Xuepeng Liu\u003cbr\u003e Comment Alejandro Jara\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Multilateralisation - Sectors and Themes: 6. Services provisions in regional trade agreements: stumbling or building blocks for multilateral liberalization? Carsten Fink and Marion Jansen\u003cbr\u003e 7. Harmonizing preferential rules of origin regimes around the world Jeremy Harris\u003cbr\u003e Comment Olivier Cadot\u003cbr\u003e 8. Legal avenues to 'multilateralising regionalism': beyond article XXIV Joost Pauwelyn\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Multilateralization - Regional Perspectives: 9. Multilateralising regionalism: case study of African regionalism Peter Draper and Mzukisi Qobo\u003cbr\u003e 10. Multilateralising RTAs in the Americas Antoni Estevadeordal, Matthew Shearer and Kati Suominen\u003cbr\u003e Comment Marcelo Olearraga\u003cbr\u003e 11. Multilateralising regional trade arrangements in Asia Masahiro Kawai and Ganesh Wignaraja\u003cbr\u003e Comment I. Cheong\u003cbr\u003e 12. Fitting Asia-Pacific agreements into the WTO system Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey Shott\u003cbr\u003e 13. Multilateralising preferential trade agreements: a developing country perspective Bernard Hoekman and L. Alan Winters\u003cbr\u003e Comment P. Levy\u003cbr\u003e 14. The challenge of negotiating RTAs for developing countries. What could the WTO do to help? Jim Rollo\u003cbr\u003e Comment C. Barfield.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International economic \u0026amp; trade law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International economic \u0026amp; trade law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20economic%20\u0026amp;%20trade%20law%20%5BLBBM%5D%22\"\u003eLBBM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46264998396184,"sku":"9780521738101","price":44.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521738101i.jpg?v=1692018849","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/multilateralizing-regionalism-challenges-for-the-global-trading-system-paperback-9780521738101","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}