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Why adjudicate? : enforcing trade rules in the WTO / Christina L. Davis.

By: Contributor(s): Description: xvi, 326 pages: illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691152752 (hardcover)
  • 0691152756 (hardcover)
  • 9780691152769 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF1385 .DAV 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Domestic constraints and active enforcement -- The democratic propensity for adjudication -- The litigious state : U.S. trade policy -- The reluctant litigant: Japanese trade policy -- Conflict management : evaluating the effectiveness of adjudication -- Level playing field? : adjudication by developing countries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The World Trade Organization (WTO) oversees the negotiation and enforcement of formal rules governing international trade. Why do countries choose to adjudicate their trade disputes in the WTO rather than settling their differences on their own? In Why Adjudicate?, Christina Davis investigates the domestic politics behind the filing of WTO complaints and reveals why formal dispute settlement creates better outcomes for governments and their citizens. Davis demonstrates that industry lobbying, legislative demands, and international politics influence which countries and cases appear before the WTO
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Books Books City Campus Library General Stacks City Campus Library Non-fiction HF1385DAV 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 1 Available 032856
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-318) and index.

Introduction -- Domestic constraints and active enforcement -- The democratic propensity for adjudication -- The litigious state : U.S. trade policy -- The reluctant litigant: Japanese trade policy -- Conflict management : evaluating the effectiveness of adjudication -- Level playing field? : adjudication by developing countries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) oversees the negotiation and enforcement of formal rules governing international trade. Why do countries choose to adjudicate their trade disputes in the WTO rather than settling their differences on their own? In Why Adjudicate?, Christina Davis investigates the domestic politics behind the filing of WTO complaints and reveals why formal dispute settlement creates better outcomes for governments and their citizens. Davis demonstrates that industry lobbying, legislative demands, and international politics influence which countries and cases appear before the WTO

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