WTO dispute settlement and the trips agreement applying intellectual property standards in a trade law framework

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the World Trade Organization -- Introduction : WTO dispute settlement -- Trade law and policy functions in the United States -- The most-favored-nation obligation -- Tariff bindings and customs law -- The national treatment obligation -- The prohibition on quantitative restrictions -- Transparency -- The general and security exceptions -- Product standards : the agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade -- Regional trade arrangements -- Special and differential treatment of developing countries -- The antidumping duty law -- The countervailing duty law -- The antidumping and countervailing duty injury determination -- Relief from fairly traded imports -- Removing foreign barriers to U.S. export trade : section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 -- Trade in services -- Foreign direct investment -- The agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights -- U.S. border protection of intellectual property rights.