This collection of essays by international lawyers and moral philosophers arises from a prestigious multi-disciplinary conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. It examines the legal, moral and political dimensions of free trade. Contributors explore issues such as:* the ethics and rules of competition* the idea of global justice* the problem of international exploitation* the protection of the environment* the regulation services* international taxation and the justifications for barriers to trade.This book provides an important insight into the continuing debates surrounding free trade. It is an important text for experts across the fields of economics, politics and law as well as to those with an interest in international trade.
Author(s): Geraint Parry, Geraint B Parry, Asif Qureshi, Hillel Steiner
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 240
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
About the editors and contributors......Page 8
General editors' preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
The feasibility and desirability of global free trade......Page 20
Cosmopolitanism, realism and the national interest......Page 39
Perspectives on liberalizing international trade......Page 54
Commentary on Caney and Hunt,......Page 66
Procedural justice and the problem of voluntarism......Page 69
Liberalizing international trade: what is today's choice of weapons?......Page 83
Commentary on Ingram and Bourke,......Page 92
The ethics of competition......Page 95
The need for integrating trade and competition rules in the WTO world trade and legal system......Page 110
Commentary on Wolff and Petersmann,......Page 132
Transnational and international exploitation......Page 136
Developments in the services sector: the GATS......Page 148
Commentary on de-Shalit and Johnson,......Page 160
Environmental regulation and economic deregulation: is there a conflict?......Page 163
'What now?' Trade and environment: an overview of the current debate......Page 179
TRIT;a new WTO code of conduct on trade-related aspects of international taxation?......Page 196
Commentary on Qureshi,......Page 212
Trading with the enemy......Page 214
Standards and technical regulations as barriers to trade: regulating regulations......Page 220
Commentary on Steiner and McGovern,......Page 231
Index......Page 234
