Regional Trade Agreements in the GATT/WTO: Article XXIV and the Internal Trade Requirement

Thesis

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Table of Contents by Chapters:

Note on terminology

Note on sources

Introduction

Part One: Regionalism Before the GATT-MFN Foundations

1 The Inter-war Experience: MFN and Preference

2 Proposals for a Regional Exception: Geneva and Havana

Part Two: Regionalism in the GATT

3 The Overseas Association: Article XXIV in Practice

4 Systemic Issues Presented by GATT Reviews

5 Article XXIV GATT Panel Practice

6 Internal Trade and Economic Theory

7 Part Three: Regionallsm in the WTO

8 Origin Requirements and Article XXIV

9 Internal Measures and Article XXIV

10 GATT/WTO safeguards and Article XXIV

11 Articie XXIV Panel and Appellate Body Practice in the WTO

12 Part Four: Restraining Regionalsm in the WTO

Appendices

References

Samenvatting

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