Interpreting WTO Agreements: Problems and Perspectives »

Professor of International Economic Law, Law School, University of Manchester.

Offers a comprehensive examination of the underlying conditions for interpreting WTO agreements.

Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction;

1. Interpreting principles of Treaty interpretation in the WTO;
2. Interpreting institutional aspects of the WTO agreements;
3. National dimension to interpretation in the framework of the WTO;
4. Interpreting exceptions in WTO Agreements;
5. Interpreting WTO agreements for the development objective;
6. Interpreting 'in' external concerns;
7. Interpreting the agreements on trade remedies; Conclusion; Annexes:

1. Relevant WTO provisions: Articles IX (2), XVI (3) and General Interpretative Note to Annex 1A of the Marrakesh Agreement; Article 17.6 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; and Article 3 (2) of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes;
2. Articles 31-33 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
1969.