Safeguard Measures in World Trade: The Legal Analysis 4th ed

Author: Yong-Shik Lee

ISBN: 9781800887497
Published: July 2025
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Safeguard Measures in World Trade: The Legal Analysis, 4th edition, offers a comprehensive, article-by-article examination of WTO rules on safeguard measures, focusing on GATT Article XIX and the Agreement on Safeguards. This fully updated edition analyses the practical challenges of applying safeguards amid stalled multilateral negotiations, the proliferation of regional trade agreements, and the ongoing crisis of the WTO dispute settlement system.

Contents: Part I — Development of International Rules on Safeguards; Part II — Agreement on Safeguards (general conditions, injury and causation, procedural requirements); Part III — Other Safeguard Provisions (services, regional trade agreements); Part IV — Safeguard Regime: Present and Future.

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Q&A

Who is this book for?
Trade lawyers, WTO delegates, government trade officials and international economic law scholars.

What's new in the 4th edition?
Analysis of the Doha Round impasse, regional trade agreements, and safeguard measures in trade in services under GATS.

What core WTO provisions does it examine?
GATT Article XIX and the Agreement on Safeguards, with clear explanations of increased imports, serious injury and causation.

Does it offer reform proposals?
Yes, policy-oriented proposals for reforming safeguard rules, including model texts and practical checklists.

Who is the author?
Yong-Shik Lee, a leading scholar of international economic law and trade remedies.

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