Advanced Introduction to International Trade Law

Michael J. Trebilcock, University Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada and Joel Trachtman, Professor of International Law and Henry Braker Professor of Commercial Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA

‘Trebilcock and Trachtman, two of the leading trade lawyers of our time, have achieved the impossible with this book. In a remarkably concise volume, they manage to provide clear summaries of the major issues across all aspects of trade policy while offering critical insights into cutting-edge developments. This book is destined to become an indispensable reference for students, scholars, and policymakers alike.’

• Contents1 Setting the context2 Institutional structure of the WTO: treaty-making,decision-making, and dispute settlement3 Tariffs and the Most Favoured Nation principle4 Preferential trade agreements 5 National treatment6 Anti-dumping laws7 Subsidies and countervailing duties 8 Safeguards and adjustment assistance policies9 Trade and agriculture10 Trade in services11 Trade and investment12 Trade-related intellectual property rights13 Trade policy and domestic health and safety regulation 14 Trade policy and the environment15 Trade policy, labour standards, human rights, and gender 16 Trade policy and developing countries17 The international trade system under stressEpilogue