From Politics to Technocracy—and Back Again
The Fate of the Multilateral Trading Regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9554263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Howse (University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-117 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2686127 |
| OpenAlex | W1987844342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 6 |
As is known to every student of trade law and policy, the modern idea of free trade originates from the theories of absolute and comparative advantage developed by the classical political economists, Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Smith and Ricardo both addressed themselves to a sovereign unilaterally deciding its trade policy. They concluded that, with some qualifications or exceptions, a policy of liberalizing restrictions on imports would maximize the wealth of that sovereign
Commodity · Comparative advantage · Economics · International economics · International trade · Law and economics · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sovereignty · Technocracy · Global trade and economics · Law · World Trade Organization Law
The International Organization for Migration as a Counterweight to States
Representing Transnational Environmental Interests
Governing Cross-Border Data Flows
Fairness in Practice
Reading Humanitarian Intervention
Britain’s post Brexit trade deals
Towards an effective transnational regulation of AI
The International Law of Economic Migration
Reflecting on ‘Linkage’
The New Politics of Linkage
The Emergence of Democratic Participation in Global Governance (Paris, 1919)
El discurso tecnopolítico de la gobernanza europea
It's the Politics!—Global Trade Governance Beyond Technocracy
The dog that does not bark – Weaponised interdependence and digital trade at the World Trade Organization
Global Digital Cultures
The State of Globalization
Rechtspluralismus und überlappende Souveränitäten
The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources
The transmission of international trade norms, ideas and expertise into national statutory institutions
International Investment Law in the Shadow of Populism
Conflicts between international paradigms
Regulating agriculture in the WTO
Gambling, the WTO, and Public Morals
Global Trade Politics and the Cycle of Dissent Post-Cancún
Legitimate authority, institutional specialisation and distributive international law
Sustainability science and the university
Transnational Media, International Trade and the Idea of Cultural Diversity
Transnational mercantilism and the emergent global trading order
Multilateral trade governance as social field
Private rights vs public standards in the WTO
World Trade Law After Neo-liberalism
On the Functions of International Courts
Critical Scholarship and Responsible Practice of International Law. How Can the Two be Reconciled
Transparency in the WTO's Decision-Making
International Economic Law at a Crossroads
Afterword
Doha stalemate
Who Controls the Past
International Organizations
The WTO as Linkage Machine
Trade Countermeasures for Breaches of International Law Outside the Wto
Rules and Values in International Adjudication
O Constitucionalismo entre a Fragmentação e a Privatização
Afterword
Constructing an International Community
Triangulating the World Trade Organization
In the Eyes of the Beholders
Professionalizing Protest
Confronting the WTO
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,04 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |