The Political Economy of International Trade Law

Daniel L. M. Kennedy is Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, and a practicing attorney of business transactions and litigations. James D. Southwick is Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, and a practicing attorney of international trade law at the firm of Dorsey and Whitney, LLP.

• Introduction; Part I. The Constitutional Developments of International Trade Law: 1. Sovereignty, subsidiary and separation of powers: the high wire balancing act of globalization John H. Jackson; 2. Constitutionalism and WTO law: from a state-centered approach towards a human rights approach in international economic law Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann; 3. WTO decision-making: is it reformable? Friedl Weiss; 4. Some institutional issues presently before the WTO Pieter J. Kuijper; 5. Domestic regulation and international trade: where's the race? Ronald A. Cass and John R. Haring; Part II. The Scope of International Trade Law: Adding New Subjects and Restructuring Old Ones: 6. What subjects are suitable for WTO agreement? Brian Hindley; Comment Joel P. Trachtman; 7. International action on bribery and corruption: why the dog didn't bark in the WTO Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal; Comment: It's elementary, my dear friends Fred Morrison; 8. Alternative national merger standards and the prospects for international cooperation Daniel J. Gifford and Robert T. Kudrle; Comment: Harmonizing global merger standards E. Thomas Sullivan; 9. Agriculture on the way to firm international trading rules Stefan Tangermann; Part III. Legal Relations between Developed and Developing Countries: 10. The Uruguay Round North-South Grand Bargain: implications for future negotiations Sylvia Ostry; Comment: The Uruguay Round North-South Bargain: will the WTO get over it? Michael Finger; 11. The TRIPS-legality of measures taken to address public health crises: responding to USTR-State-Industry positions that undermine the WTO Frederick M. Abbott; Comment: The TRIPS agreement T. N. Srinivasan; 12. 'If only we were elephants': the political economy of the WTO's treatment of trade and environment matters Gregory C. Shaffer; Comment Sara Dillon; 13. The Seattle impasse and its implications for the WTO John S. Odell; Comment Robert Howse; 14. Developing country interests in WTO agricultural policy G. Edward Schuh; Comment: developing country interests in WTO agricultural policy Terry L. Roe; Part IV. The Operation of the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure: 15. Testing international trade law: empirical studies of GATT/WTO dispute settlement Marc L. Busch and Eric Reinhardt; 16. The appellate body and its contribution to WTO dispute settlement Debra P. Steger; 17. A permanent panel body for WTO dispute settlement: desirable or practical? William J. Davey; Comment: step by step to an international trade court Amelia Porges; 18. International trade policy and domestic food safety regulation: the case for substantial deference by the WTO dispute settlement body under the SPS agreement Michel Trebilcock and Julie Soloway; Comment: the case against clarity Daniel A. Farber; 19. Judicial supremacy. Judicial restraint and the issue of consistency of preferential trade agreements with the WTO: the apple in the picture Petros C. Mavroidis; 20. Rethinking WTO trade sanctions Steve Charnovitz; 21. Problems with the compliance structure of the WTO dispute resolution process Gary N. Horlick; 22. 'Inducing compliance' in WTO Dispute Settlement David Palmeter and Stanimir A. Alexandrov.

Review of the hardback: 'The uniformly well-written essays provide a fascinating look into the WTO, offering insights into WTO negotiations as well as national government decision-making and the operations of the WTO Secretariat … the intended audience … will find much of interest and value in this volume.' The Cambridge Law Journal