The WTO Case Law of 2008 [Paperback]

Sixth report of the American Law Institute project on World Trade Organization Case Law covering 2008.Sixth report of the American Law Institute project on WTO Law. The project undertakes yearly analysis of case law from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Reporters' studies for 2008 cover a wide range of WTO law.Sixth report of the American Law Institute project on WTO Law. The project undertakes yearly analysis of case law from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Reporters' studies for 2008 cover a wide range of WTO law.This book brings together the 2008 output of the American Law Institute (ALI) project on World Trade Organization Law. Each chapter focuses on a different dispute from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Each case is jointly evaluated by well known experts in trade law and international economics. ALI reporters critically review the jurisprudence of WTO adjudicating bodies and evaluate whether the ruling makes sense' from an economic as well as a legal point of view, and, if not, whether the problem lies in the interpretation of the law or the law itself. The studies do not always cover all issues discussed in a case, but they seek to discuss both the procedural and the substantive issues that form, in the reporters' view, the core' of the dispute. This paperback will be an invaluable resource for students, lecturers and practitioners of international trade law.Foreword; Introduction; 1. Mexico-olive oil: remedy without a cause? Chad Bown and Niall Meagher; 2. Continued suspense: EC-hormones and WTO disciplines on discrimination and domestic regulation. Appellate Body Reports: Canada/United States - continued suspension of obligations in the EC-hormones dispute Bernard Hoekman and Joel Trachtman; 3. China - measures affecting imports of automobile parts Jasper-Martijn Wauters and Hylke Vandenbussche; 4. Guilt by association: US - measures relating to shrimp from Thailand and US - customs bond directive for merchandise subject to anti-dumping/counlÃ2