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040			_arda _bEnglish _cMSULIB _erda
050	0	0	_aK4610 KEN
100	1		_aKende, Mathias. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe trade policy review mechanism : _ba critical analysis / _ccreated by Mathias Kende.
264		1	_bOxford University Press, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_axxii, 359 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aInternational economic law
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_gCover; Half tile; Series; The Trade Policy Review Mechanism; Copyright; Summary Contents; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Table of International Instruments; List of Abbreviations; I. Introduction; A. Executive Summary; B. Motivation; C. Methodology; II. Critical Analysis of the TPRM; A. The TPRM as the WTO's Mechanism for Peer Review; 1. Mechanisms for peer review: historical conceptual development and actual settings; 2. Mechanisms for peer review: theoretical core elements; 3. The advent of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism: a nascent mechanism for peer review? B. The TPRM's Performance as the WTO's Mechanism for Peer Review1. First appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (January-​September 1999): review of the TPRM's functioning between 1989 and September 1999; 2. Second appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (May-​July 2005): review of the TPRM's functioning between September 1999 and September 2005; 3. Third appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (January-October 2008): review of TPRM's functioning between September 2005 and October 2008 4. Fourth appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (July-​November 2011): review of TPRM's functioning between October 2008 and November 20115. Fifth appraisal of the operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (July-​October 2013): review of the TPRM's functioning between November 2011 and October 2013; III. Conclusions; A. Objectives; B. Structure; 1. The first structural element: periodicity; 2. Second structural element: investigative procedure(s); 3. Third structural element: reporting requirements, the structure of the review meeting, and a follow-​up structure 4. Fourth structural element: formal review of peer reviewC. Participation; 1. Governmental representation; 2. The Secretariat; 3. Discussants; 4. Towards the inclusion of business, social partners, and civil society?; Postscript; Bibliography; Index
520			_aThe WTO's Trade Policy Review Mechanism, which reviews the trade policies and practices of each WTO member at regular intervals, is generally considered to function well. In this day and age, complacency is unwise. Examining trade policy reviews throughout the lifetime of the TPRM, this work details its evolution from Article X of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to the proposed modifications resulting from the mechanism's latest appraisal, examining the budgetary capabilities and technical performance of all the main entities who participate in the reviews
650			_aCommercial policy
650			_aBusiness and economics _xInternational Marketing
650			_aWorld Trade Organizition
830		0	_aInternational economic law
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