The law, economics and politics of retaliation in WTO dispute settlement / edited by Chad P. Bown, Joost Pauwelyn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of WTO arbitrations on retaliation / Giorgio Sacerdoti -- The calculation and design of trade retaliation in context : what is the goal of suspending WTO obligations? / Joost Pauwelyn -- Extrapolating purpose from practice : rebalancing or inducing compliance / Gregory Shaffer and Daniel Ganin -- The law of permissible WTO retaliation / Thomas Sebastian -- From bananas to Byrd : damage calculation coming of age? / Yves Renouf -- The economics of permissible WTO retaliation / Chad P. Bown and Michele Ruta -- Sticking to the rules : quantifying the market access that is potentially protected by WTO-sanctioned trade retaliation/ Simon J. Evenett -- The United States' experience and practice in suspending WTO obligations / Scott D. Andersen and Justine Blanchet -- The European Community's experience and practice in suspending WTO obligations / Lothar Ehring -- The politics of selecting trade retaliation in the European community : a view from the floor / Håkan Nordström -- Canada's experience and practice in suspending WTO obligations / Vasken Khabayan -- Is retaliation useful? : observations and analysis of Mexico's experience / Jorge A. Huerta-Goldman -- Procedures for the design and implementation of trade retaliation in Brazil / Luiz Eduardo Salles -- Retaliation in the WTO : the experience of Antigua and Barbuda in US-gambling / Mark E. Mendel.

Evaluating the criticism that WTO retaliation rules undermine the utility of WTO dispute settlement for developing countries / Hunter Nottage -- Optimal sanctions in the WTO : the case for decoupling (and the uneasy case for the status quo) / Alan O. Sykes -- Sanctions in the WTO : problems and solutions / William J. Davey -- WTO retaliatory measures : the case for multilateral regulation of the domestic decision-making process / Reto Malacrida -- The WTO secretariat and the role of economics in panels and arbitrations / Chad P. Bown -- The equivalence standard under Article 22.4 of the DSU : a 'tariffic' misunderstanding? / Simon Schropp -- Cross-retaliation and suspension under the GATS and TRIPS agreements / Werner Zdouc -- Cross-retaliation in TRIPS : issues of law and practice / Frederick M. Abbott -- Preliminary thoughts on WTO retaliation in the services sector / Arthur E. Appleton -- Compensation assessments : perspectives from investment arbitration / Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler -- Reforming WTO retaliation : any lessons from competition law? / Simon J. Evenett.