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| Author: | Pekkanen, S. M. |
| Title: | Aggressive Legalism: The Rules of the WTO and Japan's Emerging Trade Strategy |
| Journal: | World Economy
2001 : MAY, VOL. 24:5, p. 707-738 |
| Index terms: | WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WORLD ECONOMY TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRADE POLICY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper has the goal of tracing out and analysing the increasing use of WTO rules by the Japanese government. Firstly it briefly sets out Japan's historical relationship with the GATT/WTO system, and shows how there has been a marked shift in both the attitudes and perceptions regarding the utility of a rule-based approach. It then analyses some of the more prominent legal cases involving Japan, with a view to exposing how legal rules affect and constrain trade relations. It focuses more closely on the period after the birth of the WTO in 1995 when the contours of this strategy, as well as its costs and advantages, became clearer. Following this it sets out the implications of Japan's emerging new strategy for both the rule of WTO law and the future of trade diplomacy among the major global players. |
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