Trade and investment rule-making : the role of regional and bilateral agreements / edited by Stephen Woolcock. - Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University Press, 2006. - p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the interaction between levels of rule-making in international trade and investment / Stephen Woolcock -- Rule-making in agricultural trade : RTAs and the multilateral trading system / Charles Tsai -- The case of sanitary and phytosanitary measures / Grant Isaac -- Preferential rules of origin : models and levels of rule-making / Luis Jorge Garay and Philippe de Lombaerde -- The interaction between levels of rule-making in public procurement / Stephen Woolcock -- Assessing the interaction between levels of rule-making : trade in telecommunications services / Heidi Ullrich -- The international regulation of IPRs in a TRIPs and TRIPs-plus world / Meir P. Pugatch -- International investment rules / Joakim Reiter -- Conclusions / Stephen Woolcock.

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Trade blocs.
International trade.
Foreign trade regulation.
Regional economics.

HF1418.7 / .T723 2006