World Trade Organization: a Very Short Introduction

Name: World Trade Organization: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192806086

ISBN-10: 0192806084

ISBN-13: 9780192806086

Edition: 2005

Authors: Amrita Narlikar

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact of the WTO on peoples' everyday lives means that it is not just an institution ofinterest to economists, but to everyone, a fact that was perhaps most graphically illustrated in the popular demonstrations at the 1999 Seattle Ministerial. Such protests have become a regular feature associated with…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


List of illustrations


List of tables



Who needs an international trade organization?



The creation of the World Trade Organization



Decision-making and negotiation processes



The expanding mandate



Settling disputes



The Doha Development Agenda



The burden of governance


Further reading


Index