North South University Library OPACThe challenge of safeguards in the WTO /
Piérola, Fernando.
The challenge of safeguards in the WTO / The challenge of safeguards in the World Trade Organization Fernando Piérola. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - xxvi, 391 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 14 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Foundation of the Safeguard Mechanism -- History of the safeguard mechanism -- The rationale of the safeguard mechanism; Part II. The Right to Apply a Safeguard -- Period of investigation and products at issue -- Unforeseen developments and the effect of GATT obligations -- Increase in imports -- Serious injury -- Causal link; Part III. Application of a Safeguard -- Scope of a safeguard -- Extent of a safeguard -- The form of a safeguard -- Temporal application and provisional safeguards; Part IV. Procedures for the Application of Safeguards -- Domestic investigation -- Multilateral proceedings; Concluding remarks.
"The Challenge of Safeguards in the WTO provides a comprehensive overview of the safeguard mechanism in the multilateral trading system. It explains at length its historical and conceptual foundations and elaborates on the various requirements for the imposition of safeguards and the conduct of safeguard investigations. The author draws on his practical experience in order to analyse WTO case law as developed by WTO panels and the Appellate Body and to provide practical suggestions for the resolution of various complex issues which have arisen in practice. He also considers the challenges faced by companies involved in this type of case"--
9781107071780 (hbk.) 9781107419261 (pbk.)
Foreign trade regulation.
Tariff--Law and legislation.
Abuse of rights.
LAW / International.
K4610 / .P54 2014
382/.92
The challenge of safeguards in the WTO / The challenge of safeguards in the World Trade Organization Fernando Piérola. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - xxvi, 391 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 14 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Foundation of the Safeguard Mechanism -- History of the safeguard mechanism -- The rationale of the safeguard mechanism; Part II. The Right to Apply a Safeguard -- Period of investigation and products at issue -- Unforeseen developments and the effect of GATT obligations -- Increase in imports -- Serious injury -- Causal link; Part III. Application of a Safeguard -- Scope of a safeguard -- Extent of a safeguard -- The form of a safeguard -- Temporal application and provisional safeguards; Part IV. Procedures for the Application of Safeguards -- Domestic investigation -- Multilateral proceedings; Concluding remarks.
"The Challenge of Safeguards in the WTO provides a comprehensive overview of the safeguard mechanism in the multilateral trading system. It explains at length its historical and conceptual foundations and elaborates on the various requirements for the imposition of safeguards and the conduct of safeguard investigations. The author draws on his practical experience in order to analyse WTO case law as developed by WTO panels and the Appellate Body and to provide practical suggestions for the resolution of various complex issues which have arisen in practice. He also considers the challenges faced by companies involved in this type of case"--
9781107071780 (hbk.) 9781107419261 (pbk.)
Foreign trade regulation.
Tariff--Law and legislation.
Abuse of rights.
LAW / International.
K4610 / .P54 2014
382/.92