Defending Interests Public-Private

This book examines the growing interaction between private enterprises and public officials to challenge foreign trade barriers. Building on more than one hundred interviews with former and current trade officials and private attorneys in the United States and Europe, Gregory Shaffer calls attention to the ways in which well-organized private parties are using the World Trade Organization¡¯s legal system to advance their own commercial ambitions, and how public officials increasingly are dependent on their assistance. Shaffer assesses the historical, political, legal, economic, and cultural factors that have affected the formation of these ad hoc public-private partnerships, as well as trends in the European Union toward U.S.-style practice. He considers the implications of these public-private trade litigation networks for the effectiveness and equity of the WTO system and the stability of U.S.-E.U. relations.

Gregory C. Shaffer is associate professor of law and senior fellow at the Center on World Affairs and the Global Economy at the University of Wisconsin.

Preface

ix

List of Acronyms

xiii

The Blurring of the Public and the Private in International Trade Law

1

(9)

Public-Private Partnerships in Theoretical Perspective

10

(9)

The United State's Initial Partnership Edge in Opening Foreign Markets

19

(46)

Is the EC Moving toward a U.S. Partnership Model?

65

(37)

Adopted Panel and Appellate Body Reports Involving U.S. and EC Complaints

73

(3)

Actors and Their Roles in Article 133 and TBR Procedures

76

(26)

Why a More Aggressive U.S. Approach?

102

(24)

Transatlantic Public-Private Partnerships

126

(17)

U.S. and EC Participation as Complainants, Defendants, and Third Parties in All WTO Cases Resulting in Adopted Panel or Appellate Body Reports, as of January 17, 2003

128

(15)

The Social, Political, and Legal Implications

143

(58)

Participation of All WTO Members in Cases Resulting in Adopted Panel or Appellate Body Reports, as of January 17, 2003

157

(8)

Appendix tables

1. Requests for Consultations by the United States: Panel and Appellate Body Reports, as of January 17, 2003

165

(6)

2. Requests for Consultations by the United States: Not Involving an Adopted Reports, as of January 17, 2003

171

(14)

3. Requests for Consultations by the EC: Panel and Appellate Body Reports, as of January 17, 2003

185

(7)

4. Requests for Consultations by the EC: Not Involving an Adopted Report, as of January 17, 2003

192

(9)

References

201

(16)

Index

217

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Defending Interests Public-Private Partnerships in WTO Litigation

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