Efforts to establish multilateral rules -- The Uruguay Round Agreement on rules of origin: the harmonization work programme of non-preferential rules of origin -- Phytosanitary measures (SPS) -- Preferential rules of origin -- The economics of rules of origin -- Drafting rules of origin in...

The rapid diffusion of the internet and electronic commerce changes the way business and international trade take place. The new economy poses new challenges to the international regulatory framework, since small distortions due to differing sets of regulations and taxation between countries...

Efforts to establish multilateral rules -- The Uruguay Round Agreement on rules of origin: the harmonization work programme of non-preferential rules of origin -- Phytosanitary measures (SPS) -- Preferential rules of origin -- The economics of rules of origin -- Drafting rules of origin in...

The WTO has not been able to recover since the collapse of the Doha Round in July 2008. Several ministerial conferences including the Buenos Aires meeting in December 2017 failed to reach agreement. The US Trump Administration launched a campaign to reform the WTO in 2018 and 2019. This book...