Essentials of WTO law / Peter van den Bossche, Denise Prevost.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.International trade and the law of the WTO
1.1.The need for international rules on international trade
1.2.International trade law: bilateral, regional and multilateral agreements
1.3.WTO law
1.4.Sources of WTO law
1.5.WTO law in context
Further reading
2.Rules on non-discrimination
2.1.Prohibition of discrimination
2.2.The MFN treatment obligation concerning trade in goods
2.3.The MFN treatment obligation concerning trade in services
2.4.National treatment obligation concerning trade in goods
2.5.National treatment obligation concerning trade in services
3.Rules on market access
3.1.Introduction
3.2.Customs duties and other duties and charges on imports
3.3.Export duties and charges
3.4.Quantitative restrictions on trade in goods
3.5.Other non-tariff barriers to trade in goods
3.6.Market access barriers to trade in services
3.7.Other barriers to trade in services
Contents note continued: Further reading
4.Trade liberalization and other societal values and interests
4.1.Introduction
4.2.General exceptions under Article XX of the GATT 1994
4.3.General exceptions under Article XIV of the GATS
4.4.Exceptions for national and international security
4.5.Exceptions for safeguard measures
4.6.Exceptions for balance of payments measures
4.7.Exceptions for regional trade agreements
4.8.Exceptions for economic development
5.Rules on unfair trade
5.1.Introduction
5.2.Rules on dumping
5.3.Rules on subsidization
6.Rules regarding harmonization of national regulation
6.1.Introduction
6.2.The TBT Agreement
6.3.The SPS Agreement
6.4.The TRIPS Agreement
7.The institutional aspects of the WTO
7.1.Introduction
7.2.Objectives
7.3.Functions
7.4.Institutional structure
7.5.Membership
7.6.Decision-making procedures
Contents note continued: 7.7.Status and budget
8.The WTO dispute settlement system
8.1.Introduction
8.2.Object and purpose
8.3.Jurisdiction
8.4.Access
8.5.Dispute settlement organs
8.6.Procedural arrangements
8.7.Key features of the proceedings
8.8.Developing countries and dispute settlement
Further reading.

"The national treatment obligation prohibits discrimination between foreign goods, services and service suppliers and domestic goods, services and service suppliers. Begin Box Under the national treatment obligation, WTO Member Agricola may not treat chocolate from Industria less favourably than it treats its domestic chocolate, once the chocolate from Industria has entered the Agricolan market. Neither may Agricola treat Industrian coffeehouses established in Agricola less favourably than Agricolan coffeehouses. End Box"--