Rules of Origin in International Trade

Vorwort
Analyzes rules of origin using years of experience in assisting governments and the private sector on negotiating and complying with this discipline.

Autorentext

Stefano Inama is a chief and trade lawyer for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva, Switzerland and is widely considered one of the world's leading experts on rules of origin. He has advised governments in trade negotiations at WTO, WCO and in FTAs, as well as the private sector in complying with rules of origin. He has authored four books and numerous articles in leading magazines.

Zusammenfassung
A completely new edition of the most comprehensive book on rules of origin, one of the most technical and controversial disciplines in international trade, this book provides in-depth analysis of the different sets of rules of origin currently adopted by major trading partners and world wide, including best practices and drafting techniques.

Inhalt

Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Efforts to establish multilateral rules; 2. The Uruguay round agreement on rules of origin: the harmonization work programme of non-preferential rules of origin; 3. Preferential rules of origin; 4. The economics of rules of origin; 5. Experiences in drafting preferential rules of origin in GSP schemes, Africa, Asia and Latin America; 6. Drafting rules of origin; 7. The administration of rules of origin.