Volume 25, Number 2 2024
Editor's pages
Why Countries Retain Membership in International Trade Institutions By William A. Kerr Abstract | Full Text
Articles
Legalism Versus Diplomacy in Regional Agreements in Western Balkans Given a 'Spaghetti Bowl' of Initiatives By Vesna Lukovic Abstract | Full Text
Promoting Global Trade Through Air and Maritime Transport – Some Recent Transformational ICAO and IMO Plans By Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full Text
Coherency: Inclusion of International Organisations in Dispute Settlement Procedure By MS Srividya Abstract | Full Text
Past issues
Editor's pages
Becalmed: The World Trade Organization at Not Yet Thirty By William A. Kerr Abstract | Full Text
Articles
Structural Change, Trade and Development: Agrifood and Aquaculture in Bangladesh By Sangeeta Khorana and May T. Yeung Abstract | Full Text
Enhancing Trade Facilitation in Guyana: The Case for Improved Inter-Agency Coordination By Kim Stephen and Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow Abstract | Full Text
Rules of the Air and Rules of the Sea – A Study in Semantics By Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full Text
Editor's pages
Fostering the Green Economy - Any Lessons from the Protectionist Past? By William A. Kerr Abstract | Full Text
Articles
Platform Annexation and Multi Homing in Air Transport – Some Emerging Perspectives by Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full Text
Interpreting "Necessary": Balancing Trade Liberalization and Regulatory Autonomy by Rohan Pillai Abstract | Full Text
Editor's pages
Uncorked?: The Dynamic Interaction Between the Global Markets for Wine and Corks by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full Text
Articles
Efficacy of Labour Provisions within Trade Agreements: Case Studies of the U.S-Cambodia Bilateral Trade Agreement and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement by Pierre-Luc Morin Abstract | Full Text
A Tariffying Thought: Imposing Tariffs on US Apparel Imports from China by Bing Liu, Daren Hudson and Jon Devine Abstract | Full Text
Food Security, Agriculture and Policy Making: When Believing is Not Enough by May T. Yeung Abstract | Full Text
Editor's pages
The Rules of Trade in the Face of Long Running Disequilibrium by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
AMS and the Agreement on Agriculture: The World Trade Organization’s Flawed Treatment of Domestic Subsidization by Milan Singh-Cheema Abstract | Full text
Vertical Price Transmission in the Canadian Beef Industry: Does the Canada-US Exchange Rate Matter?
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Jiaping Fan Analyst, Seeyii Data Science and Technologies Co., Ltd., China
Sven Anders Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada
Feng Qiu Associate Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada.
Abstract | Full Text
Spadotto, Nicole, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada Abstract | Full Text
Editor's pages
Generalized System of Preferences and Graduation: Is there a Parallel with Infant Industries? by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Country Classification Reform and Stalled Negotiations in the World Trade Organization – How to Break the Stalemate? by Lara Nachkebia Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Dispute Settlement – Or Not? by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
A TWAIL Perspective on WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement by N. Bafna Abstract | Full text
On the Obituary of the Doha Round: A Path for Reinventing the WTO’s Future by Destaw A. Yigzaw Abstract | Full text
Temporary Barriers and Local Industry Defense: Where does Guyana stand? Where Should It Head? by Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Are the Benefits of Trade No Longer Sufficient? by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Aviation and the Internet – Some Legal and Economic Issues by Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full text
The Turkish FTA Puzzle by Philippe De Lombaerde and Ilya Ulyanov Abstract | Full text
Editor's page
“Aggressive Unilateralism” – The New Focus of US Trade Policy by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Revisiting the Debate on Trade in Energy Goods by Timothy Kyepa Abstract | Full text
When Anti-dumping Meets Antitrust: Brazil’s Innovative Experience Analyzing Public Interest in Commercial Defense Investigations by Simone Cuiabano Abstract | Full text
Editor's page
Loopholes, Legal Interpretations and Game Playing: Whither the WTO without the Spirit of the GATT? by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Regional Trade Agreements in the Atlantic Region: The Path to Global Trade Governance? by Sangeeta Khorana, Nicholas Perdikis and Steven McGuire Abstract | Full text
Megatrends Affecting Air Transport — Connecting the Dots by Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full text
The Promise of Transparency: Stakeholder Views on Changes to the EU Trade Negotiation Process by Linda Young and Rania Ampntel Chafiz Abstract | Full text
Economic Openness, Monetary Integration and Trade Specialization: Evidence from the EA-China Trade by Dimitrios Karkanis and Myrsini Fotopoulou Abstract | Full text
Editor's Pages
China, the United States and the Rules of Trade by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
A Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of China’s Cotton Tariff on the Chinese and U.S. Cotton Markets by Bing Liu and Darren Hudson Abstract | Full text
Changes in Canada’s Preferential Trade Network and the Welfare Effects in Agricultural Markets by Pascal L. Ghazalian and Bahareh Mosadegh Sedghy Abstract | Full text
Editor's Pages
Eliminating the Constraints on Trade Policy – The Strategy that Underpins US Negotiations in the Trump Administration by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Competition in Air Transport and Equality of Opportunity by Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full text
EU–New Zealand FTA: What Are the Implications for Ruminant Meat Industries? by Irena Obadovic Abstract | Full text
Reflections on Exclusivity and Termination of Commercial Agency in Jordan: The Intertwining of Domestic Regulation and International Trade Law by Bashar H. Malkawi Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Genomics, International Trade and Food Security by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Toward a Model Code of Corporate Governance for Public Bodies: A Case from the Caribbean by Dr. Vindel L. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Recent Trends in Chinese Merchandise Imports (2000-2015): Taking the Puzzle Apart by Dr. Dimitrios Karkanis Abstract | Full text
Application of the Theory of Contracts to Open Skies Agreements in Air Transport by Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full text
Defining the Contours of the Public Morals Exception under rticle XX of the GATT 1994 by Bader Bakhit M. AlModarra Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Seeking “Better” Trade Deals: Is There Anything Beyond Good Slogans? by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Trade Effects of the EU–Korea Free Trade Agreement: A Comparative Analysis of Expected and Observed Outcomes by Virág Forizs and Lars Nilsson Abstract | Full text
The Law of Subsidies in Air Transport Services by Ruwantissa Abeyratne Abstract | Full text
The World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and Post-Clearance Audit – What Are the Benefits and Challenges? by R. Jim Clark Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Disequilibrium, Trade and the Consequences of Adjustment by William A Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
The Legal and International Trade Implications of Regulatory Lags in GM Crop Approvals by Martin Phillipson and Stuart Smyth Abstract | Full text
Special Section - Guest Editor Martin Phillipson
Regulatory Impacts on Trade in Products of Biotechnology – the Issues by Martin Phillipson Abstract | Full text
Regulatory System Impacts on Global GM Crop Adoption Patterns by Savannah Gleim, Stuart J. Smyth and Peter W.B. Phillips Abstract | Full text
Zen and the Art of Attaining Conceptual and Implementation Clarity: Socio-economic Considerations, Biosafety and Decision-making by José Falck-Zepeda, Stuart J. Smyth and Karinne Ludlow Abstract | Full text
Consistency of Assessment of Socio-Economic Considerations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety with Other International Obligations by Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth and José Falck-Zepeda Abstract | Full text
The Costs of Regulatory Delays for Genetically Modified Crops by Stuart J. Smyth, José Falck-Zepeda and Karinne Ludlow Abstract | Full text
Articles
NME Status in Anti-dumping Proceedings: A Revision under WTO Law and Practice by Ly Van Anh and Ngo Thi Trang Abstract | PDF
Editor's pages
The WTO and Food Aid: Food Security and Surplus Disposal in the 2015 Ministerial Decision on Export Competition by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Trade Defense Actions in Arab Countries’ Free Trade Agreements with the U.S.: The Case of Safeguards by Bashar H. Malkawi Abstract | Full text
The Brexit Trade Disruption Revisited by Andreas Hatzigeorgiou and Magnus Lodefalk Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Governance of International Trade in Genetically Modified Organisms: Is Future Global Food Security at Risk? by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Reflections on the India-Agricultural Products Dispute in the Light of "Risk Assessment" and the SPS Agreement: Why Has India Failed so Miserably? by Saloni Khanderia-Yadav Abstract | Full text
Caution Restructuring: The New Restrictive Jurisdictional Approach of ICSID Tribunals by Alexandra Neacsu Monkhouse Abstract | Full text
Trademark Claims in Internet Domain Names: Applicable Disputes and Enforcement of Panel Decisions under the ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy by Alex Ansong Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Food Security, Strategic Stockholding and Trade-Distorting Subsidies: Is There a Permanent Solution? by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Cross-Border Labour Mobility in the Windsor-Detroit Region: The Case of Nurses by Dr. Sarah Dunphy Abstract | Full text
Corporate Governance in Jamaica, with a Focus on GraceKennedy Limited by Monifa Crawford Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Food Security and Trade: Some Supply Conundrums for 2050 by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
The Online Gambling Conflict: Antigua & Barbuda vs. The United States by Monifa Crawford Abstract | Full text
Are the WTO's Rules of Origin Turning Archaic as a Result of Trade in Value-Added? by Saloni Khanderia Yadav Abstract | Full text
Special Section on Preferential Trade Agreements – Guest Editor Ryan Cardwell
Madly Off in All Directions - The Pursuit of Preferential Trade Agreements by North American Governments by Ryan Cardwell Abstract | Full text
A Transatlantic Free Trade Deal: Implications for Food and Agricultural Policy by Tim Josling Abstract | Full text
North American Agricultural Trade Policy: Are Super-Regionalism and Deeper Regional Integration the "Next Big Thing" after NAFTA? by Steven Zahniser and Adriana Herrera Moreno Abstract | Full text
Articles
Confronting the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Controversy by Lawrence L. Herman Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Bali High or Bali Low: Is a Piecemeal Approach the Way Forward for the WTO? by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
GATS and Retail Services: India Perspective by Anindita Jaiswal Abstract | Full text | Technical Annex
Regional Trade Agreements with Non-WTO Members and the Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment Obligation: Are They Compatible? by Dmytro Galagan Abstract | Full text
Trade and Environment: A New Direction for Green Trade by Linda J. Allen Abstract | Full text | Technical Annex
Changing Agro-food Export Composition and SPS Compliance: Lessons for Mauritius by Harris Neeliah and Shalini Amnee Neeliah Abstract | Full text
Editor's pages
Negotiating in Disequilibrium: Can a Trans-Pacific Partnership be Achieved as Potential Partners Proliferate? by William A. Kerr Abstract | Full text
Articles
Exploring Aviation Rivalries within the Legal Context of the WTO by Christina Fattore Abstract | Full text
Passing of Property in Goods in Contracts of International Sale of Goods by Richard Kayibanda Abstract | Full text
International Economic Law, and Institutions in Developing Countries by Tae Jung Park Abstract | Full text
Retaliation under the WTO Agreement: The “Sequencing Problem” by Sergei Gorbylev and Milica Novaković Abstract | Full text
Creating WTO Law by Stealth: GSP Conditionalities and the EC – Tariff Preferences Case by Alex Ansong Abstract | Full text
Previous issues
All previous issues of the journal – from Vol. 1, Issue 1 to the penultimate issue are archived on AgEconSearch here.
About the journal
The Estey Journal of International Law and Trade Policy is a venue for the exchange of ideas pertaining to the international commercial and its legal environment. It publishes high quality scholarly research to stimulate dialogue and debate on both topics of current interest to the international community and longer-standing issues of international relations. To ensure the timely and widespread dissemination of research, the Journal is published solely in an electronic (web based) format.
The Journal encourages scholars and practitioners to submit papers for consideration for publication on any aspect of international law or trade policy pertaining to the international commercial environment. From time to time the Journal will publish special issues on particular topics and individuals with proposals for special issues should contact the editor.
The Journal aims to be truly cross-disciplinary and publishes articles which are accessible to all those who have an interest in the international commerce and its legal environment.
The Estey Journal of International Law and Trade Policy encourages authors to submit original scholarly manuscripts on any aspect of international law, trade policy or other areas of international relations that pertain directly to the international commercial environment. Authors from the legal profession, international organizations, governments and the private sector as well as those from the academic community are encouraged to submit their research.
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The objective of The Estey Journal of International Law and Trade Policy is to be interdisciplinary and accessible to a wide audience. It is also aware that excellent research may require complex theoretical development, extensive background material and evidence or the articulation of arguments of logic. To serve both these aspects of scholarly research, the Journal requires that all submitted manuscripts be in the form of a short and complete readable paper (approximately 3600-4500 words). In addition, authors are encouraged to also provide a Scholarly Annex to their submission that includes the more formal research which supports the paper. The Journal will review and publish both the paper and the Scholarly Annex.
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The Journal will also publish special issues on a particular topic from time to time. Individuals with topics for special issues who are willing to act as guest editors are asked to contact the editor to discuss their proposals. As the international commercial environment unfolds, new themes may be added for regular publication as needed.
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The Estey Journal of International Law and Trade Policy encourages authors to submit original scholarly manuscripts on any aspect of international law, trade policy or other areas of international relations that pertain directly to the international commercial or legal environment. Authors from the legal profession, international organizations, governments and the private sector as well as those from the academic community are encouraged to submit their research.
The objective of The Estey Journal of International Law and Trade Policy is to be interdisciplinary and accessible to a wide audience. The editorial board is also aware that excellent research may require complex theoretical development, extensive background material and evidence or the articulation of arguments of logic. To serve both these aspects of scholarly research, the Journal requires that all submitted manuscripts be in the form of a short and complete readable paper (approximately 3600-4500 words). In addition, authors are encouraged to also provide a Technical Annex to their submission that includes the more formal research which supports the paper. The Journal will review and publish both the paper and the technical annex. The editor will not consider submissions that do not conform to the format described above. In particular, no mathematics, graphical analysis or extensive references to legal citations should be included in the paper, to improve its general readability. All such technical analysis can be included in the technical annex and authors are encouraged to provide it.
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Editorial board
Richard R. Barichello
Faculty of Agriculture,
University of British Columbia
Canada
David Blanford
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Society
Pennsylvania State University
USA
Ryan Cardwell
Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics
University of Manitoba
Canada
James D. Gaisford
Dean of Arts
Thomson Rivers University
Canada
James Gerber
Department of Economics
San Diego State University
USA
Tim Josling
Senior Fellow
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Stanford University
USA
Kurt K. Klein
Department of Economics
University of Lethbridge
Canada
Ted L. McDorman
Faculty of Law
University of Victoria
Canada
Karl Meilke
School of Agricultural Economics and Business
University of Guelph
Canada
Brian Olson
Agribusiness Chair in Cooperatives and Group Marketing
Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics
University of Manitoba
Canada
Nicholas Perdikis
Professor of International Business
School of Management
Aberystwyth University
United Kingdom
James Rude
Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
University of Alberta
Canada
Michelle M. Veeman
Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
University of Alberta
Canada
Crina Viju
Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Carleton University
Canada
Linda M. Young
Department of Political Science
Montana State University
USA
About the Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade
History
The idea of an Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade was conceived some time during the mid-1990’s when the late Willard Z. (Bud) Estey, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, initiated discussions with the then-Dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan about his interest in establishing a legacy by raising funds for a Chair in International Trade Law at the University’s College of Law. Mr. Estey was subsequently persuaded to think in terms of a centre with a much broader mandate than simply a Chair, and thus the Centre was created.
Research
2008 – Kerr, W.A., Yeung, M.T., Larson, D.L. and Rasmussen, M. (2008) A Space for Cities in Trade Agreements, Saskatoon, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2004 – Loppacher, L.J. and Kerr, W.A. (2004) The BSE Crisis in Canada: A Trade Perspective on Sanitary Barriers, Saskatoon, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2004 – Loppacher, L.J. and Kerr, W.A. (2004) China’s Biotechnology and Trade – Does it Conform to the WTO?, Saskatoon, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2003 – Yeung, M.T. and Kerr, W.A. (2003) Canada and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement: Enhanced Opportunities or Loss of Special Status?, Saskatoon, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2003 – C.R. Wasylyniuk, K.M. Bessel, W.A. Kerr and J.E. Hobbs (2003) The Evolving International Trade Regime for Food Safety and Environmental Standards: Potential Opportunities and Constraints for the Saskatchewan Beef Industry, Saskatoon, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2002 – Yeung, M.T. and Kerr, W.A. (2002) A New Trade Relationship: Canada and the EU – Forestry, Minerals and Metals, Saskatoon: Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade
2002 – Isaac, G.E, Phillipson, M. and Kerr, W.A. (2002) International Regulation of Trade in the Products of Biotechnology, Estey Centre Research Papers, No. 2, Full Report, Saskatoon: Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2002 – Isaac, G.E, Phillipson, M. and Kerr, W.A. (2002) International Regulation of Trade in the Products of Biotechnology - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, Estey Centre Research Papers, No. 2, Full Report, Saskatoon: Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2001 – Yeung, M.T. and Kerr, W.A. (2001) A Trade Strategy for South East Asia, Saskatoon, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2001 – Annand, M., Buckingham, D.F. and Kerr, W.A. (2001) Export Subsidies and the World Trade Organization, Estey Centre Research Papers, No. 1, Full Report, Saskatoon: Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2001 – Annand, M., Buckingham, D.F. and Kerr, W.A. (2001) Export Subsidies and the World Trade Organization – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, Estey Centre Studies, No. 1, Saskatoon, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade.
2001 – Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade – Conference Proceedings for NAFTA and Aboriginal Business
2001 - Hobbs, J.E., Boyd, S.L. and Kerr, W.A. (2001) International E-commerce: A Solution to Penetrating Niche Markets for Food?, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, Saskatoon.