Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations Under the GATT and the WTO: Procedures and Practices

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Cambridge University Press, 25/10/2001 - 312 páginas
The procedures and practices to implement the provisions relating to tariff negotiations have evolved considerably since the GATT was established in 1947. The provisions themselves have undergone some changes in the last fifty-four years. Professor Hoda reviews the evolution of these provisions and of the procedures adopted and practices followed by the contracting parties to GATT 1947 and the Members of the WTO.
 

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Chapter I Legal Framework for Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations under GATT 1994
7
B Provisions Relating to Tariff Renegotiations
10
C Other Provisions Relating to Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations
16
Chapter II Tariff Conferences and Rounds of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
23
C Procedural Aspects of Rounds of Negotiations
42
D Reciprocity and its Measurement during Negotiations
50
E Developing Countries and the Concept of NonReciprocity
54
F Base Date and Base Rate
62
Practice and Procedures in Renegotiation
81
1 4 and 5
86
C Other Renegotiations during the period 19581994
95
Retification Modification and Consolidation
109
B Consolidation of Schedules
115
C Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
122
D Integrated Data Base
129
Chapter VI Conclusions and Recommendations
133

G Staging of Tariff Reductions
63
H Participation in Tariff Negotiations
65
I Institutional Aspects and Secretariat Support
66
J Results of Tariff Negotiations
68
K Tariff Negotiations for Accession
71
Chapter III Bilateral and Plurilateral Negotiations
77
Key Provisions in the Havana Charter GATT 1994 and the WTO Agreement and Related Understandings
137
Decisions and Declarations commencing Rounds of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
169
Protocols Embodying the Result of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
225
Decisions on Procedures on Renegotiations Rectifications Modifications and related subjects
251
Index
275
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Professor Anwarul Hoda is based at the Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations, New Delhi, India. He is a former Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

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