The Shifting Landscape of Global Trade Governance : World Trade Forum /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2019] |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12576680 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Current Challenges and Future Scenarios; 1.1 The Rationale for the Volume; 1.2 Content of the Book; 1.3 Conclusions; References; PART I New and Old Challenges; 2 The Elephant in the Negotiation Room: PTAs through the Eyes of Citizens; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Determinants of Individual Trade Policy Preferences; 2.2.1 International Trade Theory and Individual Trade Policy Preferences; 2.2.2 The Impact of Non-Economic Factors
- 2.3 Preferences with Regard to the Design of Preferential Trade Agreements2.4 Scenarios; 2.4.1 Scenario 1: Business as Usual or Following the Trend towards Ever More and Deeper PTAs; 2.4.2 Scenario 2: Bilateral PTAs and Tariff Only, Trump's Favourite; 2.4.3 Scenario 3: Return to WTO and Roll Back on PTAs; 2.5 Embedding Liberalisation?; References; 3 Corporate Strategy in Times of Anti-Trade Sentiment: Current Challenges and Future Scenarios; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Understanding the Roots and Multiple Faces of the Anti-Globalization Backlash
- 3.2.1 Concerns about Negative Impacts of Globalization on Developing Countries3.2.2 Concerns about the Impact of Globalization on Developed Countries; 3.3 Anti-Globalization Sentiments and Corporate Political Activity; 3.4 EU Trade-Dependent Firms and the Current Protectionist Threat; 3.5 Concluding Remarks and Three Scenarios for the Future; 3.5.1 Scenario 1: The Status Quo Scenario; 3.5.2 Scenario 2: A Global Trade War with Tit-for-Tat Protectionism; 3.5.3 Scenario 3: Protectionism Will Become the New Normal for the Foreseeable Future; References
- 4 Understanding and Shaping Trade Rules for the Digital Era4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Current and Emergent Trends in Disruptive Technologies: The Sweeping Effects of Digitization; 4.2.1 Overview and Terminological Remarks; 4.2.2 Digital Technologies as GPTs: Characteristics and First Lessons to Be Learned; 4.2.3 Digitization; 4.2.3.1 Convergence; 4.2.3.2 Data and Big Data; 4.2.3.3 The Internet of Things; 4.3 The Effects of Digitization on Trade; 4.3.1 Overview of Developments and Trends; 4.3.1.1 Global Value Chains; 4.3.1.2 Growing Importance of Services Trade and Servicification
- 4.3.1.3 Implications for Domestic Regulation4.3.1.4 New Types of Trade Barriers; 4.4 Trade Policy Responses to Digital Transformation; 4.4.1 The Existing Regulatory Framework for Digital Trade; 4.4.1.1 The World Trade Organization; 4.4.1.2 Beyond the WTO: Free-Trade Agreements; 4.4.1.3 CPTPP; 4.5 Deliberate Responses to the Digital Challenge: An Appraisal of the State of Affairs; 4.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 5 The Need for Better Disciplines on Rules of Origins in the WTO: Evidence from NAFTA; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 What Are Rules of Origin and Why Do We Have Them?