Preferential Trade Agreements and International Law

The multilateral trade agreements in the Annexes to the Agreement Establishingthe World Trade Organization provide a comprehensive structure for internationaltrade. Why would trading partners in different countries feel the need togo outside this framework in order to set up preferential trade arrangements?This book considers the structure of the World Trade Organization's agreementsand the types of preferential trade arrangements, and deliberates the value of thelatter in the light of the operation of the former.Preferential Trade Agreements and International Law offers a comprehensiveexamination of preferential trade agreements and considers the features of specificregional and bilateral trade agreements without drawing upon systematicfeatures and trends. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and willbe of value to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students interested ininternational trade and economic law.