Contents
Dedication;
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
Introductions: GATT as the Constitution of Trade;
Note on Conventions;
Table of GATT panel reports;
Table of WTO appellate body reports;
Part One: Non-discrimination obligations;
Chapter 1: Product relationships;
Chapter 2: The theory of most favoured nation treatment;
Chapter 3: The practice of most favoured nation treatment (GATT Article I);
Chapter 4: Consideration about national treatment;
Chapter 5: National treatment and fiscal measures (GATT article III:1-2);
Chapter 6: National treatment and non-fiscal measures (GATT article III:3-10);
Part Two: Tariff obligations;
Chapter 7: General principles about tariffs;
Chapter 8: Tariff negotiations (GATT article XXVIII bis);
Chapter 9: Tariff cutting modalities;
Chapter 10: Trade rounds;
Chapter 11: Tariff bindings (GATT article II);
Chapter 12: Adjusting tariff schedules (GATT articles XXVII and XXVIII);
Part Three: Non-tariff barrier obligations;
Chapter 13: General principles about non-tariff barriers;
Chapter 14: limitation on quantitative restriction (GATT article XI);
Chapter 15: Administering qualitative restrictions (GATT article XIII);
Chapter 16: Transparency (GATT article X);
Part Four: Customs law;
Chapter 17: Translate and origin (GATT article V and IX);
Chapter 18: Valuation and fees (GATT article VII and VIII);
Part Five: Departures from GATT obligations;
Chapter 19: Seven general exceptions (GATT article XX (a), (c)-(d), and (h)-(j);
Chapter 20: National security (GATT article XXI);
Chapter 21: General consideration about regionalism (GATT article XXIV:1-3 and 8-9);
Chapter 22: Discipline on regional trade agreement (GATT article XXIV:4-7 and 10-11);
Part Six: Trade and the environment;
Chapter 23: The intersection of trade and the environment;
Chapter 24: The environmental exceptions (GATT article XX(b) and (g));
Part Seven: Remedies for unfair trade – dumping;
Chapter 25: General background about dumping;
Chapter 26: The dumping margin (GATT article VI:1);
Chapter 27: Injury and causation (GATT article IV:1-2 and 6-7);
Chapter 28: Investigation;
Part Eight: Remedies for unfair trade – subsidies;
Chapter 29: Remedies (GATT article VI: 2 and 4-6);
Chapter 30: General consideration about subsidies and countervailing duties;
Chapter 31: Discipline and subsidies (GATT article VI :3 and XVI);
Chapter 32: Countervailing pre-privatization subsidies;
Part Nine: Remedies for unfair trade – safeguards;
Chapter 33: Central Background about safety;
Chapter 34: Elements of escape clause relief (GATT article XIX: 1(a));
Chapter 35: Applying escape clause relief (GATT article XIX);
Chapter 36: Balance of payments measure (GATT article XII and XIV);
Part Ten: Special and differential treatment for poor countries;
Chapter 37: Government intervention for economic development (GATT article XVIII);
Chapter 38: Principles objectives and non-reciprocity (GATT article XXXVI and the 1979 enabling class);
Chapter 39: Commitments and joint action (GATT article XXXVII and XXXVIII);
Part Eleven: Institutional matters and processes;
Chapter 40: Membership (GATT article XXVI, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII and XXXV);
Chapter 41: Administration (GATT article XXV, XXIX, XXX and XXXIV);
Chapter 42: Dispute settlement (GATT article XXII and XXIII);
Chapter 43: Exchange rate and relations with IMF;
Part Twelve: Culture and the state;
Chapter 44: Cultural production and cinemas (GATT article IV and XX(f));
Chapter 45: State trading enterprise (GATT article XVII); Additional material;
Note on research;
Subject Index.