The Legal and Economic Analysis of the Wto/Fta System

The Legal and Economic Analysis of the WTO/FTA System presents a collation of interdisciplinary studies covering a wide range of issues from WTO dispute settlement issues to trade remedy systems and FTA negotiations. The author applies legal as well as economic rationales and methods to analyze core issues in the world trading system and in doing so, sheds an interesting light on various trade issues. The interdisciplinary analysis on WTO and FTA issues provides a unique opportunity to reconsider many conventional trade topics. For instance, the author shows that third country dumping rarely used in the GATT/WTO system may have a new role with economic incentives in the context of FTAs.

Table of Contents

PART ONE – DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN THE WTO SYSTEM
CHAPTER 1 – UNDERSTANDING NON-LITIGATED DISPUTES IN THE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 2 – KOREA IN THE GATT/WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM: LEGAL BATTLE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

PART TWO – PRACTICES AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE TRADE REMEDY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 3 – ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO CAUSATION ANALYSIS IN TRADE REMEDY INVESTIGATIONS: ‘COST OF PRODUCTION’ TEST
CHAPTER 4 – THIRD COUNTRY DUMPING: ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND PROSPECT
CHAPTER 5 – RESTRUCTURING THE WTO SAFEGUARD MECHANISM
CHAPTER 6 – FOE OR FRIEND OF GATT ARTICLE XXIV: DIVERSITY IN TRADE REMEDY RULES
CHAPTER 7 – COUNTERVAILING DUTY AGAINST CHINA: OPENING A PANDORA’S BOX IN THE WTO SYSTEM?
CHAPTER 8 – UNITED STATES — ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN SHRIMP AND DIAMOND SAWBLADES FROM CHINA: NEVER ENDING ZEROING IN THE WTO?
CHAPTER 9 – INTERNATIONAL DECISIONS

PART THREE – INTERRELATION BETWEEN TRADE AND FINANCE
CHAPTER 10 – LINKAGES BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: IMF, WORLD BANK AND WTO
CHAPTER 11 – WTO DISCIPLINES UNDER THE IMF PROGRAM: CONGRUENCE OR CONFLICT
CHAPTER 12 – IS THE CHINESE EXCHANGE-RATE REGIME ‘WTO-LEGAL’?
CHAPTER 13 – BOOK REVIEW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN FINANCIAL REGULATION AND MONETARY AFFAIRS

PART FOUR – LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 14 – DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS IN ASIAN FTAS: ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 15 – ANALYSIS OF ANTI-DUMPING USE IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 16 – LEGAL ISSUES FOR KOREA’S “INTERNAL TRADE” IN THE WTO SYSTEM