Transatlantic Economic Disputes: The EU, the US, and the WTO

by Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann (Editor), Mark A. Pollack (Editor)

Overview

Recent transatlantic relations have been plagued by a seemingly endless series of disputes over trade and other economic and political interests. Some of these disputes have been amongst the most prominent of the WTO era: the Bananas Case, the Beef Hormones Case and over the application of the Helms-Burton Act. This book analyzes the source of transatlantic disputes, the means employed to prevent and settle such disputes both bilaterally and through the dispute settlement mechanism of the of the WTO, and to identify promising areas for reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199261727
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/12/2004
Series:	International Economic Law Series
Pages:	626
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Mark A. Pollack is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he teaches classes in international relations and comparative European politics. He received his B.A. in political science from Rutgers University in 1988, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1995, and he served for two years as Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann is Professor of International and European Law at the European University Institute, Florence.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Ernst-Ulrich PetersmannTransatlantic Governance Problems: The Broader Political Challenges, Mark Pollack1. Case Studies, Friedel Weiss2. Safegueard Measures, Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Disputes in the Transatlantic Partnership: How to Control 'Contingency Protection' More Effectively?, David Palmeter3. Production Subsidies, Export Subsidies and Tax Treatment of 'Foreign Sales Corporations': Lessons from Past GATT and WTO Disputes, Robert HudecProduction and Export Subsidies in Agriculture: Lessons from Past GATT and WTO Disputes, T. Josling and S. Tangermann4. Non-Discriminatory Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards: Lessons from the Disputes over Hormones and Genetically Modified Organisms, Petros Mavroidis5. Disputes Over Technical Barriers to Trade: Are WTO and EC Rules and Procedures Adequate?, Kenneth Abbott6. Conflict Avoidance in the Context of the Bilateral EC-US Agreements on the Coordination of Competition Policies, Kirtikumar Mehta7. Managing US-EU Trade Relations Throught Mutual Recognition and Safe Harbour Agreements: 'New' and Global Approaches to Transatlantic Governance, Gregory Schaffer8. Government Procurement Disputes: Lessons from the Dispute Over Massachusetts 1996 Act Regulating State Contracts with Companies Doing Business with Burma (Myanmar), Matthew Schaefer9. Avoidance and Settlement of 'High Policy Disputes': Lessons from the Dispute over 'The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act', Hugo Paemen10. EU-US Trade-Related Environmental Disputes: Are WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanisms and Multilateral Environmental Agreements Sufficient?, Daniel Esty11. Dispute Prevention and Dispute Settlement in International Services Trade: The Example of Telecommunication and the 'Cultural Exception', L. J. Spiwak12. Dispute Prevention and Dispute Settlement in International Services Trade: The Example of International Air Transport Liberalization and Regulation, F. Soerensen13. Investment Disputes in the Transatlantic Partnership: Choices Among Alternative Dispute Settlement FORA, Peter MalancukInvestment Disputes Under Chapter 11 of NAFTA: Lessons for the Transaltantic Partnership, Robert Howse14. Dispute Prevention and Dispute Settlement in the Field of Intellectual Property Rights and Electronic Commerce, Frederick AbbottAnalytical Papers15. Legal Theories on International Dispute Prevention and Dispute Settlement: Lessons for the Transatlantic Partnership, George Berman16. Political and Economic Theories on International Dispute Prevention and Dispute Settlement: Lessons for the Transatlantic Partnership, M. Busch and H. Hauser17. An 'Early Warning System' for Dispute Prevention in the Transatlantic Partnership: Experiences and Prospects, Werner Meng18. Private Involvement in EU-US Disputes, Joel TrachtmanPolicy RecommendationsEU Perspectives, Hugo Paemen & Karl VoigtUS Perspectives, D. Aaron & N. AdamsBusiness Perspectives, Peter Sutherland & N. ButlerPolitical Science Perspectives, Prof Risse & Prof PollackLegal Perspectives, Prof Petersmann and Prof Bermann