Law and Development Perspective on International Trade Law

1. Law and Development for Least Developed Countries Theoretical Basis and Regulatory Framework for Microtrade
2. Development Disputes in International Trade
3. Intellectual Property Rights, Trade, and Economic Development
4. Trade, Border Security, and Development
5. World Trade Organization and Developing Countries Reform Proposal
6. Rediscovering the Role of Developing Countries in the GATT
7. WTO Dispute Settlement from the Perspective of Developing Countries
8. Pacific Countries in the WTO Accommodation, the Reality of WTO Accession
9. North–South Regional Trade Agreements: Prospects, Risks, and Legal Regulation
10. Free Trade Agreements: WTO Disciplines and Development Perspectives
11. Developing Countries, Trade, and Human Rights: Free Trade Agreements, Development Needs, and the European Union’s Generalized System of Preferences
12. Free Trade Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment A Viable Answer for Economic Development?
13. Islands of Prosperity and Poverty: A Rational Trade Development Policy for Economically Heterogeneous States
14. Trade Preferences and Economic Growth: An Assessment of the U.S. GSP Schemes in the Context of Least Developed Countries
15. Economic Development of North Korea: Call for International Trade-Based Development Policy and Legal Reform
16. Applying the “Specificity” Test in Countervailing Duty Cases in the Context of Chinas Foreign Investment Policies
17. Nonconclusions

Economic development is the most important agenda in the international trading system today, as demonstrated by the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) adopted in the current multilateral trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization (the Doha Round). This book provides a relevant discussion of major international trade law issues from the perspective of development in the following areas: general issues on international trade law and economic development; and specific law and development issues in World Trade Organization, Free Trade Agreement, and regional initiatives. Although there are publications on trade and development issues, mostly discussing developing countries, few publications deal with law and development issues of international trade law comprehensively in its key areas. This book offers an unparalleled breadth of coverage on the topic and diversity of authorship, as seventeen leading scholars contribute chapters from nine major developed and developing countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan, China (including Hong Kong), South Korea, Australia, Singapore, and Israel