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Regional Trade Agreements in the GATT/WTO: Article XXIV and the Internal
Trade Requirement
Mathis, J.H.
Publication date 2001
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Mathis, J. H. (2001). Regional Trade Agreements in the GATT/WTO: Article XXIV and the Internal Trade Requirement. T.M.C. Asser Press.
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NoteNote on sources
Theree are several sources used in the text that are not traditionally identified with legal research. The authorr takes the view that the legal aspects of regionalism are not so easily disconnected from its politicall and economic motivations. Even if this separation in the literature could be accomplished, thee point remains that, at various periods, economists and political scientists have been far more active inn a discussion of regional preferential systems, at least from a systemic view, than have trade
lawyers.. Thus, for examples, the inter-war years' description is drawn from the writings of authors suchh as Hirschman (National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade), from Keynes who made commentt on the Versaille arrangements, and from Gardner who recounted the history of the non-discriminationn principle's revival in the Second World War.
Priorr practice regarding the treatment of customs unions prior to GATT is illuminated by Jacob Viner'ss 1950 work. Besides its contribution to economic science, it retains a significant value for tradee law history regarding the descriptions of the legal regimes applied in customs union formations andd other preferential areas prior to the GATT.
Onee source likely unfamiliar to lawyers is the collection of documents and writings on economic diplomacyy compiled by Kress in 1949. For the reader's information, this set was used for instructional purposess in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service during this period. The author wouldd like to think that the extracts drawn from this compilation might well reflect the leading opinionss of the time regarding the use of trade discrimination in preferential agreements.
