Regional Rules in the Global Trading System

Antoni Estevadeordal is Manager at the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington. Kati Suominen is an International Trade Specialist at the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington. Robert Teh is a Counsellor in the Economic Research and Statistics Division of the World Trade Organization.

• 1. Introduction Antoni Estevadeordal, Kati Suominen and Robert Teh; 2. Big-think regionalism: a critical survey Richard Baldwin; 3. Market access provisions in regional trade agreements Antoni Estevadeordal, Matthew Shearer and Kati Suominen; 4. Trade remedy provisions in regional trade agreements Robert Teh, Thomas J. Prusa and Michele Budetta; 5. A mapping of regional rules on technical barriers to trade Roberta Piermartini and Michele Budetta; 6. Services liberalization in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs): how much further than the GATS? Martin Roy, Juan Marchetti and Hoe Lim; 7. Mapping investment provisions in regional trade agreements: towards an international investment regime? Barbara Kotschwar; 8. Competition provisions in regional trade agreements Robert Teh; Appendix.

'The volume makes a useful contribution to existing literature and will be of interest not only to a policy audience, but also to researchers.' The Journal of World Trade Review