Overview
As highlighted by Pascal Lamy, the former head of the WTO, world trade traditionally involves state-to-state contracts and is based on an anachronistic 'monolocation' production/trade model. It therefore struggles to handle new patterns of trade such as global value chains, which are based on a 'multilocation' model. Although it continues to provide world trade on a general level with a powerful heuristic, the traditional 'rationalist' approach inevitably leaves certain descriptive and normative blind spots. Descriptively, it fails to explain important ideational factors, such as culture and norms, which can effectively guide the behaviour of trading nations with or without material factors such as interests and utilities. Normatively, the innate positivism of the traditional model makes it oblivious to the moral imperatives of the current world trading system, such as development. This book emphatically redresses these blind spots by reconstructing the WTO as a world trade community from a social perspective.
Full Product Details
Author: Sungjoon Cho (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Volume: 17
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9781107036611
ISBN 10: 1107036615
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 18 December 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Advance praise: 'Cho's book makes an important contribution to the international relations literature by exploring the emerging idea of a world trade community. Sungjoon Cho offers concrete and valuable suggestions for how the World Trade Organization can strengthen its social foundations.' Steve Charnovitz, George Washington University Law School
Advance praise: 'Cho's innovative book challenges the conventional rational-contract model in international trade law literature and presents a refreshing alternative perspective on the WTO. The social framework proposed in the book generates significant insights regarding the sociological functions of the WTO and enriches our understanding of international economic law. It certainly constitutes a significant contribution to international economic law literature.' Moshe Hirsch, Maria Von Hofmannsthal Chair in International Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Advance praise: 'Cho's book makes an important contribution to the international relations literature by exploring the emerging idea of a world trade community. Sungjoon Cho offers concrete and valuable suggestions for how the World Trade Organization can strengthen its social foundations.' Steve Charnovitz, George Washington University Law School Advance praise: 'I enjoyed reading this book very much, it is a very timely contribution to an ongoing debate, and hopefully will provide institutional players with something to chew on and illuminate their decision making process.' Petros Mavroidis, Columbia University and European University Institute
Author Information
Sungjoon Cho teaches international law, international trade law, international business transactions, and comparative law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. He earned his LL.B. from Seoul National University and an S.J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has represented the government of the Republic of Korea in negotiations under the WTO and OECD and served as a Co-Chair of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of arbitration panel roster under Chapter 14 (Dispute Settlement) of the Korea–European Union Free Trade Agreement and advises the government of the Republic of Korea under various capacities.
