Overview

The failure of the Seattle trade ministerial in December 1999 to launch a new round of multilateral trade negotiations dealt a major blow to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Seattle meetings exposed significant policy differences among the WTO member countries as well as shortcomings in the way the WTO conducts its business and interacts with other international and nongovernmental organizations. The WTO after Seattle analyzes the problems and challenges facing the trading system in the aftermath of the Seattle ministerial. Leading trade experts examine why it is in the interests of both developed and developing countries to reengage in new trade talks, and how such talks could promote world trade and economic development, reform WTO operations, and strengthen public support for the trading system. The volume presents balanced perspectives on world trade problems by authors from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, with recommendations on what needs to be done in key areas to launch new talks. The authors address the WTO's existing mandate to negotiate on agriculture and services, as well as how to handle new issues such as investment, competition policy, e-commerce, and trade-related environmental and labor issues. The editor, Jeffrey J. Schott, provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the WTO and of what needs to be done to begin a new round.

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Author:   Jeffrey Schott ,  Renato Ruggiero
Publisher:   The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Imprint:   The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.434kg
ISBN:  

9780881322903

ISBN 10:   0881322903
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 July 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Reflections on Seattle, Renato Ruggiero; The WTO after Seattle, Jeffrey J. Schott; The US Interest in New Global Trade Negotiations, C. Fred Bergsten; The EU Approach to a New Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Hugo Paemen; Japanese Interests and Objectives, Hisamitsu Arai; Developing Countries and WTO Negotiations, Rubens Ricupero; Developing Countries and a Development Round, Jayshree Watal; Developing Country Perspectives, A.V. Ganesan and Jayshree Watal; Agriculture and the Next WTO Round, Tim Josling; Toward a More Balanced and Comprehensive Services Agreement, Bernard Hoekman; Intellectual Property Issues for the New Round, Keith E. Maskus; Antidumping and Safeguards, Patrick A. Messerlin; Getting Beyond No...! Promoting Worker Rights and Trade, Kimberly A. Elliott; Trade, Competition, and the WTO Agenda, Edward M. Graham; Investment Issues, Theodore H. Moran; Trade and the Environment, Daniel Esty; Electronic Commerce in the World Trade Organization, Catherine L. Mann and Sarah Cleeland Knight; Dispute Settlement, John H. Jackson; Decision-Making in the WTO, Jeffrey J. Schott and Jayshree Watal.

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A fine critique of the past and a good roadmap for the future. -- Sam Gibbons, chairman of Gibbons & Company and former member of Congress and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Extraordinarily timely... a very rich source of fresh expertise for everybody interested in the origin, the consequences, the trade-offs, and the options for the multilateral trading system after the shock of Seattle. -- Rolf J. Langhammer, vice president, Kiel Institute of World Economics Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv

A fine critique of the past and a good roadmap for the future. -- Sam Gibbons, chairman of Gibbons & Company and former member of Congress and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Extraordinarily timely... a very rich source of fresh expertise for everybody interested in the origin, the consequences, the trade-offs, and the options for the multilateral trading system after the shock of Seattle. -- Rolf J. Langhammer, vice president, Kiel Institute of World Economics * Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv *

Author Information

Jeffrey J. Schott joined the Peterson Institute for International Economics in 1983 and is a senior fellow working on international trade policy and economic sanctions. During his tenure at the Institute, Schott was also a visiting lecturer at Princeton University (1994) and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University (1986-88). He was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1982-83) and an official of the US Treasury Department (1974-82) in international trade and energy policy. During the Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations, he was a member of the US delegation that negotiated the GATT Subsidies Code. Since January 2003, he has been a member of the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee of the US government. He is also a member of the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy.

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