Reform and strengthening of the GATT system can no longer be delayed. Jackson argues that part of the problem lies in the defective constitutional nature of the GATT itself.

And conclusions -- I. Introduction -- II. GATT negotiations in perspective -- III. High-technology trade -- IV. Agriculture -- V. Mature industries: Automobiles, steel, textiles and apparel -- VI. Trade in Services.

Explains the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), a binding contract between 103 governments which together account for around 90 per cent of world merchandise trade, and how it works.

This book's companion volume examines World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements regulating trade in goods.

Published in 1997, in this book an attempt has been made to analyze the legal structure of GATT and the WTO as well as those agreements which control trade in textiles.

This book contains a selection of essays and articles by John H. Jackson previously published over four decades and now collected together into one volume.

A history of the birth of GATT, this book traces the debate between proponents of free trade and advocates of protectionism, showing why compromise ultimately triumphed: American officials forged a consensus for freer trade as a means of ...