International Economic Law and National Autonomy (Hardcover)

Part I. International Economic Law: Conceptions of Convergence and Divergence: 1. The end of the globalization debate - continued Robert Howse; 2. Global economic institutions and the autonomy of development policy: a pluralist approach Yuka Fukunaga; 3. Fragmentation, openness, and hegemony: adjudication and the WTO Jason Beckett; Part II. WTO Treaty Interpretation: Implications and Consequences: 4. Demanding perfection: private food standards and the SPS Agreement Tracey Epps; 5. Eroding national autonomy from the TRIPS Agreement Susy Frankel; 6. The WTO and RTAs: a 'bottom-up' interpretation of RTAs' autonomy over WTO law Alberta Fabbricotti; 7. 'Gambling' with sovereignty: complying with international obligations or upholding national autonomy Henning Grosse Ruse-Kahn; Part III. Responding to International Economic Law Commitments: 8. Safety standards and indigenous products: what role for traditional knowledge? Meredith Kolsky Lewis; 9. The GATS and temporary migration policy Rafael Leal-Arcas; 10. A different approach to the external trade requirement of GATT Article XXIV: assessing 'other regulations of commerce' in the context of EC enlargement and its heightened regulatory standards Pinar Artiran; Part IV. Transformations in International Economic Law: 11. Foreign investors vs. sovereign states: towards a global framework, BIT by BIT Ko-Yung Tung; 12. What about the people? How GATS Mode 4 transforms national regulation of temporary migration for remittances in poor countries Jane Kelsey; 13. Reconceptualising international investment law: bringing the public interest into private business Kate Miles.