Regional trade agreements and the WTO legal system

Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-597) and index.

I. Framework issues -- Economic analysis of regional trade agreements -- The political economy of regional trade agreements -- Constitutional functions of the WTO and regional trade agreements -- II. WTO regulation of regional trade agreements -- Regional trade agreements and domestic regulation : what reach for 'other restrictive regulations of commerce'? -- Mandatory abolition of anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in customs unions and free trade areas constituted between WTO members : revisiting a long-standing discussion in light of the appellate body's Turkey-Textiles ruling -- Do rules of origin in free trade agreements comply with Article XXIV GATT? -- III. WTO-plus issues in regional trade agreements -- Services liberalization in regional trade agreements : lessons for GATS 'unfinished business'? -- International agreements covering foreign investment in services : patterns and linkages -- TRIPS-plus provisions in FTAs : recent trends -- Competition law and regional trade agreements : an overview -- Is mutual recognition an alternative to harmonization? Lessons on trade and tolerance of diversity from the EU -- The WTO and regional trade agreements as competing fora for constitutional reforms : trade and human rights -- Sustainable-development in regional trade agreements -- IV. Dispute settlement in regional trade agreements -- Dispute settlement in the WTO and RTAs : a comment -- NAFTA dispute settlement : creative experiment or confusion? -- Dispute settlement in European Union free trade agreements : lessons learned? -- Dispute settlement in bilateral trade agreements : the EFTA experience -- Dispute settlement in the proposed East Asia Free Trade Agreement : lessons learned from the ASEAN, the NAFTA, and the EU -- V. Interfaces between the WTO and regional trade agreements -- The EU and its member states in the WTO-Issues of responsibility -- Overlaps and conflicts of jurisdiction between the World Trade Organization and regional trade agreements -- Applicability of WTO law in regional trade agreements : identifying the links -- What role is there for regional international law in the interpretation of the WTO agreements?