Liberalising Trade in the EU and the WTO: A Legal Comparison

Sanford E. Gaines · Birgitte Egelund Olsen · Karsten Engsig Sørensen

ago 2012 · Cambridge University Press

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This comparison of EU and WTO approaches to common trade-liberalisation challenges brings together eighteen authors from Europe and America. Together they explore fundamental legal issues, such as the role of general principles of law, the role of the judiciary in the development of law, the effect of the principle of non-discrimination and the elimination of non-discriminatory barriers to trade. The contributions also examine the most recent developments in trade law across a full range of trade issues, including TBT and SPS, services, intellectual property, customs rules, safeguards, anti-dumping and government procurement. Adopting a comparative perspective throughout, this volume sheds light on today's trade law and suggests paths forward for each system through the perennial tensions between open, non-discriminatory trade and strongly held national values and objectives.

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Sanford E. Gaines is a guest professor at the Department of Law, Aarhus University, Denmark. His career has included service at a senior level at the Office of the US Trade Representative during the NAFTA and Uruguay Round negotiations.

Birgitte Egelund Olsen is a professor at the Department of Law, Aarhus University. She researches general issues of EU law and WTO law, specialising in environmental law and the interaction between trade and environment.

Karsten Engsig Sørensen is a professor at the Department of Law, Aarhus University. His primary research areas are EU law and trade law, in particular the internal market, EU company law, EU competition law and WTO law.