The Legality of Bailouts and Buy Nationals : International Trade Law in a Crisis.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Table of cases -- 1 -- Introduction -- I. Overview -- II. Promoting Competition -- III. Government Procurement Law and Policy -- IV. Integrating Competition and Government Procurement Laws -- V. Private Anti-Competitive Behaviour -- VI. Assessing the Legality of the Crisis Measures in Six Case Study Countries -- VII. The Enforcement of International Trade Law in a Crisis -- VIII. The Outline of the Book -- Part I: The Rules Governing Bailoutsand Buy-Nationals -- 2 -- The International Framework -- I. Introduction -- II. Competition Policy and Non-Discrimination under the GATT -- III. Competition and Public Procurement under the GATT -- IV. GATT Article I:1 Most Favoured Nation and Government Procurement -- V. Buy-Nationals under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures -- VI. Competition Policy under the GATS: Bailouts and Buy-Nationals -- VII. The WTO Government Procurement Agreement and Competition -- VIII. Conclusions -- 3 -- The Regional Rules -- I. Overview -- II. Selecting the RTAs for Assessment -- III. The USA's RTAs -- IV. Brazil's RTAs -- V. India's RTAs -- VI. The EU's RTAs -- VII. TFEU State Aid Rules under WTO Commitments -- VIII. Conclusions -- 4 -- Characterising the Rules -- I. Introduction -- II. Assessing the Provisions -- III. The Nature of Legal Obligations -- IV. The Nature of Selected WTO Obligations -- V. WTO GPA Provisions -- VI. WTO ASCM Provisions -- VII. Characterising the Selected RTA Provisions -- VIII. The TFEU and the Role of the European Commission -- IX. Summary Conclusions -- Part II: The Case StudiesInternational Trade Law in a Crisis:Who Makes it and Who Breaks it? -- 5 -- Assessing the Legality of Bailouts and Buy-Nationals -- I. US Fiscal Bailout Measures -- II. Brazil"s Bailout Measures in the Financial Sector.

III. The Legality of India"s Bailouts and Buy-Nationals -- IV. Regulating Crisis Bailouts under the TFEU -- V. Member State Bailouts in the Financial Sector -- VI. The UK Financial Sector Bailouts under the TFEU -- VII. The Financial Bailout Measures in Germany -- VIII. The Legality of the Rescue Measures under the TFEU -- IX. The Interface between EU State Aid Control and the ASCM -- Part III: Enforcing International TradeLaw in a Crisis -- 6 -- Challenging Bailouts and Buy National Measures -- I. Overview -- II. WTO Consultations and the Dispute Settlement Body -- III. WTO Trade Remedies 2008-13 -- IV. Regional Regulatory Responses to the Crisis -- 7 -- From the Wealth to the Stealth of Nations -- I. Overview -- II. Increasing Compliance During Crises: The Case for Collective Enforcement -- III. The Institution of the WTO -- IV. Hodie tibi, cras mihi?40 -- V. To the Health or the Stealth of Nations? -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: US Trade Measures Notified to the WTO -- Appendix 2: Brazil's Crisis Measures -- Appendix 3: India's Crisis Measures -- Appendix 4: European Commission Communications -- Bibliography -- Index.

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