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The WTO Primer

Tracing Trade’s Visible Hand Through Case Studies

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 1-11
  3. History and Development of the GATT/WTO

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. The Gatt Rounds

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 15-37
    3. The Uruguay Round and the Creation of the WTO

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 39-66
    4. The WTO

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 67-84
  4. The World Trade Organization: Cases and Controversies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. The Great Banana War

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 87-104
    3. The Beef Over Beef

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 105-122
    4. Enter The Dragon

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 123-143
    5. The Battle in Seattle

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 145-161
  5. The Look to the Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
    2. The New Round

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 165-176
    3. Conclusions

      • Kevin Buterbaugh, Richard Fulton
      Pages 177-189
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 191-230

About this book

This book describes the WTO from its post-WWII beginnings in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade through a series of negotiated enhancements of these agreements. It describes the WTO's origins, structure, and growing pains as it has had to face challenges from within and without.

Reviews

"Buterbaugh and Fulton provide a highly accessible account of the history and trajectory of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that can be useful to the novice reader interested in learning about the organization, or the observer aiming to understand its complex institutional matrix." - Choice

About the authors

KEVIN BUTERBAUGH is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Connecticut State University, USA. 

RICHARD FULTON is Professor of Political Science at Northwest Missouri State University, USA. 

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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