Law and Economics of Contingent Protection in International Trade [Paperback]

The book discusses the regulatory framework of contingent protection in the World Trade Organization.The book discusses the regulatory framework of contingent protection in the World Trade Organization  antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards  as well as an economic analysis of these instruments. The books various chapters illuminate the basic functioning of all three.The book discusses the regulatory framework of contingent protection in the World Trade Organization  antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards  as well as an economic analysis of these instruments. The books various chapters illuminate the basic functioning of all three.The book discusses the regulatory framework of contingent protection in the World Trade Organization  antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards  as well as an economic analysis of these instruments. The books various chapters illuminate the basic functioning of all three.Introduction; 1. An overview of the agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures - including a discussion of the agreement on agriculture Jan Wouters and Dominic Coppens; 2. Do the world trade organization disciplines on domestic subsidies make sense? The case for legalizing some subsidies Rob Howse; 3. Subsidies and countervailing measures: determining the benefits of subsidies Joseph Francois; 4. The enduring problem of WTO export subsidies rules Andrew Green and Michael Trebilcock; 5. The BoeingAirbus dispute: a case for the application of the EC state aid rules? Piet Jan Slot; 6. Antidumping: overview of the agreement Terence P. Stewart and Amy S. Dwyer; 7. Price differentiation in antitrust and trade instruments William Kovacic; 8. Non-preferential origin rules in anti-dumping law and practice Edwin Vermulst; 9. The Apellate body interpretation of 'sunset reviews' provisions of AD and CVM agreements: a critical analysis Claudio Dordi; 10. The safeguards agreement - an overview Jasper M. Wauters; 11. Why are safeguards nlCå