Title: Lex Mercatoria: International Economic Law Creator: Lex Mercatoria Rights: Copyright (C) 2004 Lex Mercatoria Subject: international economic law Publisher: SiSU http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu (this copy) Date: 2004 Sourcefile: international.economic.law.sst Filetype: exported SGML document text Source digest: SHA256(international.economic.law.sst)= 6f4b9efb824a37c70b724c4dce2e8d78bd672d08c0b7e73e4da82455f1194424 Skin digest: SHA256(skin_lm_nav.rb)= 87fe13748e3cbcb0dedea211464f31bb26b0b111fd877b18f1812e06ec059cd5 Generated by: Generated by: SiSU 2.6.3 of 2010w30/3 (2010-07-28) Ruby version: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [i486-linux] Document (dal) last generated: Tue Sep 21 17:15:36 -0400 2010 1 Lex Mercatoria: International Economic Law 2 International Economic Law / Public International Commercial Law - Treaties Related to Free Trade and or Economic Union 3 GATT and the World Trade Organisation 4 < !-- free trade economic union wto wta world trade agreement gatt general agreement on tariffs and trade nafta north american free trade association eu european union maastricht --> 5 World Trade Agreement 6 WTA/ GATT 1994 (Uruguay Round); The Final Act and Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Uruguay Round (including GATT 1994). Marrakesh, 15 April 1994.
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1 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wta.1994/sisu_manifest.html> 7 WTO Membership and Observers (January 2002) 8 The World Trade Organization Home Page 9 Legal texts: the WTO agreements 10 Uruguay Round Final Act 11 GATT 1994 (2001-2002 ed.) Cornell LII 12 LLRX - WTO/GATT Research By Jeanne Rehberg Law Library Resource Xchange 13 World Trade ILS Reference Guides Harvard University 14 Global Trade Negotiations Home Page Center for International Development at Harvard University (Albert Cho and Odette Yousef under the guidance of Prof. Dani Rodrik and Prof. Robert Lawrence) 15 Google on Globalization and Free Trade 16 Researching International Economic Law on the Internet Institute of International Economic Law Georgetown University Law Center 17 ASIL Guide to International Economic Law Jean M. Wenger for the American Society of International Law 18 Economic Law 19 World Economic Order and Social Order 20 Other Major Ministerial Declarations and Decision (Courtesy of Kazuo Chujo - source documents. Additional check not made.): 21 Geneva Ministerial Declaration (Adopted on 20 May 1998)
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2 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wto.ministerial.declaration.geneva.1998/sisu_manifest.html> 22 WTO Declaration on Global Electronic Commerce (Adopted on 20 May 1998)
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3 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wta.electronic.commerce.1998/sisu_manifest.html> 23 Singapore Ministerial Declaration (Adopted on 13 December 1996)
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4 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wto.ministerial.declaration.singapore.1996/sisu_manifest.html> 24 Marrakesh Declaration of 15 April 1994
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5 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wto.gatt.marrakesh.declaration.1994/sisu_manifest.html> 25 Ministerial Declaration on the Uruguay Round (Declaration of 20 September 1986, Punta del Este)
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6 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wto.gatt.ministerial.declaration.uruguay.round.1986/sisu_manifest.html> 26 Thirty-Eight Session at Ministerial Level Ministerial Declaration (Adopted on 29 November 1982, Geneva)
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7 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wto.gatt.thirty.eighth.session.ministerial.declaration.1982/sisu_manifest.html> 27 Differential and More Favourable Treatment Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries (Decision of 28 November 1979) ("Enabling Clause")
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8 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wto.gatt.developing.countries.enabling.clause.1979/sisu_manifest.html> 28 Cordell Hull Institute, Press Release, Tuesday 19 June 2001
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9 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/gressy.press.release.200106/sisu_manifest.html> 29 White House "US National Documents" gopher://cyfer.esusda.gov/11/ace/hot.topic.links/gatt Gopher version and WP5.1 and other text formats. 30 WTA/WTO Japanese text 31 WTO Guides and Summaries What is the WTO? WTO on the WTO 32 WTO - Frequently Asked Questions 33 OAS Summary Description of the Uruguay Round Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization <http://www.wtowatch.org/library/admin/uploadedfiles/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade_GATT_19.htm> GATT 34 WTO Panel Decisions Lyonette Louis-Jacques 35 Rowe & Maw UK 36 Book title: "The World Trading System : Law and Policy of International Economic Relations" by John H. Jackson 37 gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu/00/foreign/fletcher/BH209.txt GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947 as amended through 1966) 38 Seattle December 1999 spawned protest (on the streets and in cyberspace) from a wide variety of sources with differing and sometimes conflicting agenda, which included: environmentalists; developing countries; and trade unions. 39 Ruckus News | Globalize This! News Coverage 40 WTO spoof look alike site 41 What's wrong with the WTO? A guide to where the mines are buried by Peter Costantini ~ Seattle ~ November 2001 42 "ITLR - International Trade Law Reports" - on WTO conflict resolution, Cameron May. 43 See also Ethical Globalisation? Questions, Issues, Objections & Protests 44 European Union (Maastricht) 45 European Union Information Sources. 46 European Union Wikipedia entry 47 European Union Pages Online 48 European Information Association 'Developing, co-ordinating and improving access to EU information' 49 EuroInternet Information Resources Related to European Integration on the Internet. Michael Nentwich 50 European Union Resources Berkeley 51 EU resources WWW Virtual Library 52 Sources on the European Union HR-Net 53 European Union Resource Guide EU in the US, Delegation of the European Commission, Washington, DC 54 EU Market Access Database 55 European Integration Online Papers (EIoP) 56 The first interdisciplinary, peer reviewed publication on the Web in the field of European Integration, at the Austrian branch of the European Communities Studies Association. Editor in Chief Michael Nentwich. Launched 10 April 1997. 57 European Union (Maastricht) 58 Treaty on European Union July 1992, Maastricht Treaty unamended 59 Wikipedia entry 60 EU Member States 61 North American Free Trade Agreement 62 NAFTA 63 NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement 64 OAS Overview of NAFTA 65 NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement 66 NAFTA Wikipedia entry 67 NAFTA Secretariat 68 NAFTA Resources at Berkeley 69 The National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade 70 NataNet - Treaties, Free Trade Agreements, & International Agreements 71 NAFTA Mexico Resources 72 The Language of Trade 73 Nafta at Public Citizen / Global Trade Watch 74 Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) - Historical 75 Multilateral Agreement on Investment Draft, Distributed January 13, 1997 cancelling and replacing the same document sent on OLIS 08-Jan-1997 76 MAI Information Page 77 MAI at FLORA "Fair Trade not Free Trade" 78 MAI Global Trade Watch Home Page 79 MAI at the Global Policy Forum "we monitor global policy making at the United Nations" 80 Neo-Classical Economic Globalization is not a "fact of life"
 81 OECD on 1995-1998 MAI Negotiations 82 The Multilateral Agreement on Investment Appleton & Associates 83 The Council of Canadians 84 "The new Multilateral Agreement on Investment gives the corporations so much power, Parliament won't matter" 85 MAI Lawsuites Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee 86 MAI:Potential Effects on State & Local Government Western Governors' Association 87 Multinational Monitor 88 Multilateral Agreement on Investment Global Policy Forum 89 MAI Fact Sheet Friends of The Earth-US February 19, 1997 OECD on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment 90 Multilateral Agreement on Investment US State Department, Archive 91 Multilateral Agreement on Investment and article, by Anup Shah, 2000 92 Foreign Direct Investment and Capital Movements OECD 93 The Benefits of MAI 94 International Trade Law 95 See Private International Commercial Law including 96 Agency 97 Applicable Law (Conflict of Laws / Proper Law) 98 Arbitration (International Commercial Arbitration & other Dispute Settlement) 99 Arbitration Courts and Tribunals 100 Carriage of Goods 101 Contract Principles 102 Customs 103 Electronic Commerce 104 Insurance 105 Intellectual Property Law 106 Jurisdiction & Enforcement 107 Limitation Periods in the International Sale of Goods 108 Payment Mechanisms & Guarantees 109 Procedure & Evidence 110 Procurement of Goods & Services 111 Sale of Goods 112 Public Law 113 GATT and the World Trade Organisation 114 Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) 115 North American Free Trade Agreement 116 International Trade Law 117 Customs 118 Trade Regulation and Corruption 119 Regional Groupings and Harmonising Instruments 120 Investment 121 Customs 122 International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Kyoto, 18 May 1973) | Amending Supplement No. 13 - January 1993 World Customs Organization (refind) 123 Sites 124 Braumiller & Rodriguez, L.L.C. a Customs and International Trade Law Firm 125 Trade Regulation and Corruption 126 United Nations Convention Against Corruption (2003)
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10 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/un.against.corruption.convention.2003/sisu_manifest.html> 127 Transparency International 128 Regional Groupings and Harmonising Instruments 129 Will consider development of this page and its relationship to other listings on this site including 130 See also: Organizations 131 Africa 132 African Union 133 African Union [check] 134 African Unification Front 135 African Union Wikipedia entry 136 COMESA - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa 137 COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa 138 ECOWAS - Economic Community of West African States 139 ECOWAS - Economic Community of West African States [check] 140 ECOWAS Info 141 ECOWAS Wikipedia entry 142 NEPAD - New Plan for African Development 143 NEPAD - New Plan for African Development 144 NEPAD Wikipedia entry 145 OAU - Organization of African Unity 146 See African Union 147 Organization of African Unity 148 Creation of the OAU 149 Wikipedia entry 150 Ohada 151 OHADA about 152 Organisation for Harmonisation of African Business Law (Ohada) Treaty, 1993, Mauritius Francophone initiative, signed in Mauritius in 1993, entered into effect in July 1995 after the seventh ratification. Open to any member of the OAU (Organisation of African Unity). 153 Ohada Website Ohada homepage (French) 154 "Article 3 of the Treaty has set up an organization in charge of its implementation, named 'Organisation for Harmonisation of African Business Laws, (OHADA) which comprises a Council of Ministers and a Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA). The Council of Minister is assisted by a Permanent Secretary to which is attached a Regional Institute of Magistrates installed in Porto-Novo (Benin). 155 * the Uniform Act on General Business Law 156 * the Uniform Act on the Company Laws and Pooling of Economic Interest 157 * the Uniform Act on organization of securities 158 Three other Uniform Acts (on Bankruptcy law, Debt collection and Enforcement law, Accounting law) are being drafted and will probably be adopted on April 1st 1998." 159 A regional commercial arbitration court is to be established in Ivory Coast by the middle of 1999. 160 The Americas 161 Also see NAFTA 162 Legal Information Institute Cornell University School of Law 163 Mercosur Red Acad?mica Uruguaya 164 MERCOSUR Wikipedia entry 165 The Mercosur Economic Research Network 166 See Nafta in the section on Free Trade 167 Asia 168 ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations 169 ASEAN Wikipedia entry 170 Visit: AustLII - Australasian Legal Information Institute 171 Australia 172 Visit: AustLII - Australasian Legal Information Institute 173 The Commonwealth 174 The Commonwealth 175 The Commonwealth of Nations Wikipedia entry 176 BAILII British and Irish Legal Information Institute (2000) 177 Group of 8 178 G7 - Group of 7 Wikipedia entry 179 Group of 8 180 G8 Information Center the University of Toronto Library and the G8 Research Group at the University of Toronto 181 G8 - Goup of * Wikipedia entry 182 Europe 183 European Union Sources from Europa 184 European Union Wikipedia entry 185 European Union Members and Sources 186 See Maastricht in the section on 187 The Principles Of European Contract Law 1998 188 EFTA - European Free Trade Association 189 Council of Europe 190 Council of Europe Wikipedia entry 191 OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 192 OECD 193 OECD Washington Center 194 OECD Wikipedia entry 195 Pacific 196 "World" 197 See also: Organizations 198 ICC 199 International Chamber of Commerce 200 United Nations 201 United Nations (international law section) 202 United Nations Wikipedia entry 203 United Nations trade related resources 204 Hague Conference on Private International Law 205 Hague Conference on Private International Law 206 HC-PIL - locally maintained information 207 Unidroit 208 Unidroit 209 Unidroit - locally maintained information 210 Investment 211 Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, UNIDROIT 2001
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11 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/unidroit.mobile.equipment.international.interests.convention.2001/sisu_manifest.html> 212 Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, UNIDROIT 2001
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12 <http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/unidroit.mobile.equipment.international.interests.on.matters.specific.to.aircraft.equipment.protocol.2001/sisu_manifest.html> 213 Other Investment Related Links 214 Arbitration 215 Arbitration involving States & Investors 216 Jurisdiction and Enforcement 217 Insolvency 218 Protection of Intellectual Property 219 Free Trade 220 Other Harmonising Instruments 221 Multilateral Agreement on Investment (historical) 222 Ethical Globalisation? Questions, Issues, Objections & Protests 223 UN World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 Johannesburg, South Africa 224 Earth Summit (Sustainable Development) 2002 225 official Website for World Social Forum 2002 226 World Social Forum 227 Transnational Institute 228 Susan George 229 Online Computer Library Centre OCLC Public Affairs Information Service "current issues and actions which affect the world communities, countries, and governments." database 230 Global Policy Forum "we monitor global policy making at the United Nations" 231 Eldis "gateway to development information" 232 Global Trade Watch 233 Correction of Poverty 234 Oxfam International - United for a more equitable world 235 FLORA "Fair Trade not Free Trade" 236 One World 237 Third World Network 238 The Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO) 239 United Nations Sustainable Development 240 PANOS 241 Eldis "Gateway to Development Information" 242 Tobin Tax 243 ATTAC - Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens 244 War on Want Campaign against World Poverty 245 Corruption 246 Transparency International 247 IP Issues 248 Patenting Life Is Wrong, Some Say By Paul Elias The Associated Press, February 1, 2002 249 Who owns your DNA? Genetic research that can save lives is often stymied by biotech companies' greedy patent claims. by Arthur Allen, Salon.com March 7, 2000 250 Should DNA be Patentable? Slashdot discussion 251 GNU General Public License (GPL/ Copyleft) <http://www.fsf.org/> FSF 252 MIT to Make Nearly all course material available free on the World Wide Web "unprecedented step challenges the privatization of knowledge" MIT News - April 4 2001 253 fact sheet news office 254 Eben Moglen Professor of Law & Legal History, Columbia Law School 255 Lawrence Lessig (Professor) Stanford Law School 256 Open Source - Fresh Memes in Information/Knowledge Sharing (a feast of the commons? / percolation?) 257 Environment 258 Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) - historical 259 See section on MAI 260 Endnotes 261 Endnotes