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The Genesis of the GATT
Douglas A. Irwin
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Description for The Genesis of the GATT
hardcover. Examines the motivations and contributions of the two main framers of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and the smaller role of other countries. Series: The American Law Institute Reporters Studies on WTO Law. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: LBBM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
This book is part of a wider project on the economic logic behind the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). This volume asks: What does the historical record indicate about the aims and objectives of the framers of the GATT? Where did the provisions of the GATT come from and how did they evolve through various international meetings and drafts? To what extent does the historical record provide support for one or more of the economic rationales for the GATT? This book examines the motivations and contributions of the two main framers of the GATT, the United States and ... Read more
This book is part of a wider project on the economic logic behind the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). This volume asks: What does the historical record indicate about the aims and objectives of the framers of the GATT? Where did the provisions of the GATT come from and how did they evolve through various international meetings and drafts? To what extent does the historical record provide support for one or more of the economic rationales for the GATT? This book examines the motivations and contributions of the two main framers of the GATT, the United States and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
The American Law Institute Reporters Studies on WTO Law
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521515610
SKU
V9780521515610
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About Douglas A. Irwin
Douglas A. Irwin is Robert E. Maxwell Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Economics Department at Dartmouth College. He is author of Free Trade under Fire (2002) and Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade (1996). Petros C. Mavroidis is Edwin Parker Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, New York, and Professor of Law at the ... Read more
Reviews for The Genesis of the GATT
"...Irwin (Darthmouth College, Free Trade Under Fire, CH, Mar'03, 40-4109), Mavroidis (Columbia Law School), and Sykes (Stanford Law School) provide an informative historical account of the creation and evolution of the GATT, which is a cornerstone of of the economic architecture after WW II was intended to establish a rules-based system in the trade sector to parallel the rules-based IMF ... Read more