| National regulatory barriers can be impediments on international trade, but they usually also indicate an important domestic policy choice. This 'conflict of interest' has emerged as a crucial issue in international law, particularly with regard to services, such as telecommunications and health services.
This study is the first to analyze the potential impact of incompatibilities between national regulatory regimes and the rules and obligations imposed by the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). In the process of arriving at his challenging concluding theses, the author investigates such relevant concepts as the following:
* the political and ideological dynamics of GATS negotiations
* policies common to diverse national regulatory systems
* the notions of 'deregulation' and 'privatization'
* the human rights implications of international trade law
* the GATS obligations of market access, national treatment, and most-favoured-nation treatment
* the role of the WTO's dispute settlement organs
* GATS transparency obligations |
Krajewski, Markus
2003
London: Kluwer Law International
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