Reforming the World Trading System

Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann is Professor of Law at the European University Institute, Florence.

• Foreword ; Notes on Contributors ; List of Abbreviations ; I WTO NEGOTIATORS AND ACADEMICS ANALYZE THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND OF THE WTO ; Overview and Summary of the Book ; II THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND AND THE FUTURE OF THE WTO: POLICY PROPOSALS ; 1. The Doha Development Agenda: Political Challenges to the World Trading System - A Cosmopolitan Perspective ; 2. A Development Perspective on the WTO July 2004 General Council Decision ; 3. Cordell Hull, the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act and the WTO ; III BUILDING-BLOCKS FOR CONCLUDING THE DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS ON AGRICULTURE ; 4. How to Forge a Compromise in the Agricultural Negotiations? ; 5. The Agricultural Negotiations: The Road from Doha and How to Keep the Negotiations on a Positive Track ; 6. Strategic Use of WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings for Advancing WTO Negotiations on Agricultural Subsidies ; IV THE DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES TRADE ; 7. Developing Country Proposals for the Liberalization of Movements of Natural Service Suppliers ; 8. Navigating Between the Poles: Unpacking the Debate on the Implications for Development of GATS Obligations Relating to Health and Education Services ; 9. Negotiations on Domestic Regulation and Trade in Services (Article VI GATS): A Legal Analysis of Selected Current Issues ; V LESS-DEVELOPED WTO MEMBERS IN THE DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS ; 10. Operationalizing the Concept of Policy Space in the WTO: Beyond Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries ; 11. Can WTO Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building Serve Developing Countries? ; 12. Developing Countries Interests and Negotiation Positions on Protection of Geographical Indications and Traditional Knowledge ; VI ARE WTO RULES ADEQUATELY PROTECTING CONSUMER WELFARE? ; 13. Come Together? Producer Welfare, Consumer Welfare and WTO Rules ; 14. Non-Discrimination, Welfare Balances and WTO Rules: An Historical Perspective ; 15. Is There a Need for Additional WTO Competition Rules Promoting Non-Discriminatory Competition Laws and Competition Institutions in WTO Members? ; 16. Are the Competition Rules in the WTO TRIPS Agreement Adequate? ; 17. Investment and the Doha Development Agenda ; VII CHALLENGES TO THE POLITICAL LEGITIMACY OF THE WTO SYSTEM ; 18. The "Human Rights Approach to International Trade" Advocated by UN Human Rights Bodies and by the International Labour Organization: Is it Relevant for WTO Law and Policy? ; 19. Parliamentary Oversight of WTO Rule-Making: The Political, Normative and Practical Contexts ; 20. How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective in the WTO? A United States Congressional Perspective ; 21. How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective? The European Context ; 22. A Parliamentary Dimension to the WTO - More than Just a Vision? ; 23. A Few Thoughts on Legitimacy, Democracy and the WTO ; 24. The WTO and Cosmopolitics ; 25. Transparency, Public Debate and Participaton by NGOs in the WTO: A WTO Perspective ; VIII WTO DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURES, 'MEMBER-DRIVEN' RULE-MAKING AND WTO CONSENSUS PRACTICES: ARE THEY ADEQUATE? ; 26. Improving the Capacity of WTO Institutions to Fulfil their Mandate ; 27. Chairing a WTO Negotiation ; 28. Are WTO Decision-Making Procedures Adequate for Making, Revising and Implementing Worldwide and 'Plurilateral' Rules? ; 29. Is There a Need for Restructuring the Collaboration Among the WTO and UN Specialized Agencies so as to Harness their Complementarities? ; 30. Can the WTO Dispute Settlement System Deal with Competition Disputes?