Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Amrita Narlikar, Martin Daunton, Robert M. Stern -- Part I: Theory of Multilateral Trade Liberalization. 1. The Case for a Multilateral Trade Organization / Robert E. Baldwin -- 2. The Inconsistent Quartet: Free Trade Versus Competing Goals / Martin Daunton -- 3. Trade Liberalization and Domestic Politics / Judith Goldstein -- Part II: Institutional Evolution: Building up the World Trade Organization. 4. International Trade Organization / Richard Toye -- 5. The expanding mandate of the GATT: The First Seven Rounds / Thomas W. Zeiler -- 6. Uruguay Round Negotiations and the Creation of the WTO / Ernest H. Preeg -- Part III: The Process Behind the Workings of the WTO. 7. The Role of the Director-General and the Secretariat / Richard Blackhurst -- 8. Defining the Borders of the WTO Agenda / Marion Jansen -- 9. Collective Agency, Systemic Consequences: Bargaining Coalitions in the WTO / Amrita Narlikar -- Part IV: Agency in the WTO. 10. The Influence of the EU in the World Trade System / Patrick A. Messerlin -- 11. The Role of the United States : A Multi-level Explanation for Decreased Support over Time / Todd Allee -- 12. The Role of the BRICS in the WTO: System supporters or Change agents in the WTO? / Brendan Vickers -- 13. Least Developed Countries: Growing Voice / Shishir Priyadarshi and Taufiqur Rahman -- 14. Awkward Partners: NGOs and Social Movements at the WTO / Jens Steffek -- 15. What happened to the Influence of Business? Corporations and Organized Labour in the WTO / Steven McGuire -- Part V: Substance of the Agreements. 16. Trade in Manufactures and Agricultural Products: The Dangerous Link? / Helen Coskeran, Dan Kim, Amrita Narlikar -- 17. Trade in Services in the WTO: From Marrakesh (1994) to Doha (2001) to... / Rudolf Adlung -- 18. Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights / Keith E. Maskus -- 19. Flexibilities, Rules, and Trade Remedies in the GATT/WTO system / J. Michael Finger -- 20. Regulatory Measures / Robert Howse -- Part VI: Implementation and Enforcement. 21. The Trade Policy Review Mechanism / Sam Laird and Raymundo Valdes -- 22. Dispute Settlement Mechanism -- Analysis and Problems / Thomas Bernauer, Manfred Elsig, and Joost Pauwelyn -- 23. The Dispute Settlement Mechanism at the WTO -The Appellate Body, Assessment and Problems / Mitsuo Matsushita -- 24. WTO Judicial Interpretation / Gregory Shaffer and Joel Trachtman -- 25. The Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Ensuring Compliance? / Alan O. Sykes -- Part VII: Challenges to the System. 26. Persistent Deadlock in Multilateral Trade Negotiations / Manfred Elsig and Cedric Dupont -- 27. The Role of Domestic Courts in the Implementation of WTO Law / Thomas Cottier -- 28. Preferential Trading Arrangements / Richard Baldwin -- 29. New Issues in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources / Tim Josling -- Part VIII: Normative Issues. 30. Fairness in the WTO Trading System / Andrew G. Brown and Robert M. Stern -- 31. Labour Standards and Human Rights / Drusilla K. Brown -- 32. Trade and the Environment / Gary Hufbauer and Meera Fickling -- Part IX: Reform of the WTO. 33. Proposals for WTO Reform: A Synthesis and Assessment / Bernard Hoekman -- 34. The WTO and Institutional (In)Coherence in Global Economic Governance / Steven Bernstein and Erin Hannah.

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