Challenges to the New World Trade Organization / / edited by Gerrit Faber and Pitou van Dijck.

• Superior document: Legal Aspects of International Organizations Series ; Volume 28
• TeilnehmendeR: Dijck, Pitou van,; Faber, G. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague, Netherlands : : Kluwer Law International,, [1996]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Legal aspects of nursing practice ; Volume 28.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)

Table of Contents

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: THE WTO -- 2. The Agenda of the WTO -- 3. The Role of the WTO in Minimum Standards -- 4. WTO Dispute Settlement and the Economic Order of WTO Member States -- PART II: REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THE WTO -- 5. The EC and the WTO: Different Fields to Level? -- 6. The EC and the WTO Agenda -- 7. NAFTA: A Model for the WTO? -- 8. Brazil, MERCOSUR and the WTO -- 9. The Trade Triangle in East Asia -- 10. Regulatory Regimes and the WTO: East Asian Perspectives -- PART III: LABOUR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND THE WTO -- 11. International Trade and Labour Standards from an Economic Perspective -- 12. Minimum Labour Standards in International Trade from a Legal Perspective -- 13. Environmental Standards in International Trade -- 14. The Trade Union's View on International Labour Standards. A Comment -- 15. International Business, Trade and Minimum Standards. A Comment -- 16. New Standards in World Trade Agreements: Two Bridges too Far. A Comment -- 17. Summary and Conclusions -- Index.