A handbook on reading WTO goods and services schedules : a WTO Secretariat publication

This is a detailed guide on how to read WTO Schedules of Commitments for Goods and Services. The Schedules are part of the Legal Texts of the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements. They comprise about 27,000 pages of specific commitments by 153 members of the WTO on market access conditions for their markets. Understanding how to interpret the Schedules is essential for anyone wishing to glean information for academic, official, or business purposes. Commissioned and reviewed by the WTO Secretariat, this is a unique guide to understanding the Schedules. Setting the context / William T. Tow Grappling with an elusive concept / Brian L. Job Asia-Pacific institutions / Michael Wesley The United States : regional strategies and global commitments / Michael Mastanduno A rising China and American perturbations / Hugh White and Brendan Taylor Hegemony, hierarchy and order / Evelyn Goh Security community-building in the Asia-Pacific / Sorpong Peou Human security and global governance / Akiko Fukushima and William T. Tow The economics-security nexus in the Asia-Pacific region / John Ravenhill Problematising "linkages" between Southeast Asian and international terrorism / Greg Fealy and Carlyle A. Thayer Nuclear weapons : Asian case studies and global ramifications / Marianne Hanson and Rajesh Rajagopalan Maritime security : regional concerns and global implications / Sam Bateman Thinking globally and acting regionally : securitising energy and environment / Aynsley Kellow Regional health and global security : the Asian cradle of pandemic influenza / Christian Enemark The new transregional security politics of the Asia-Pacific / Amitav Acharya. Asia is experiencing major changes in its security relations. This book brings together respected experts to assess both the theoretical and empirical dimensions of the Asian security debate. Building on the latest research on Asia's regional security politics, it focuses on the 'regional-global nexus' as a way to understand the dynamics of Asian security politics and its intersection with global security. Contributors to the volume offer diverse but complementary perspectives on which issues and factors are most important in explaining how security politics in Asia can be interpreted at both the regional and global levels of analysis. Issues addressed include power balancing and alliances, governance and democracy, maritime and energy security, the relationship between economics and security, 'human security', terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation, climate change and pandemics. This work will serve as a standard reference on the evolution of key issues in Asian security. The WTO schedules The goods schedules The services schedules : specific commitment under the GATS A practical guide.

This is a detailed guide to reading WTO Schedules of Commitments for Goods and Services.

Edited By William T. Tow. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 314-351) And Index.