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Books
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Melaku Geboye Desta (sole author), The Law of International Trade in Agricultural Products: From GATT 1947 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (Kluwer, 2002), pp. 488.
The book has been warmly welcomed by lawyers, academics as well as trade diplomats. An excellent book review written by Bernard O'Connor, the leading Brussels-based international agricultural trade lawyer, has just been published in the Journal of International Economic Law (Volume 6, Issue 2, July 2003). O'Connor says:
"The book sets a standard by which all other writing on the Agreement on Agriculture, including the writings of WTO panels and the Appellate Body, must be judged. It introduces the beautiful craft of expert legal analysis to the world of international agricultural trade regulation, an area which up to now has been the exclusive domain of economists and trade negotiators." -
Melaku Geboye Desta (co-editor with Janusz Bielecki) Electricity Trade in Europe: Review of Economic and Regulatory Challenges (Kluwer, June 2004)
Articles (only major ones included)
Forthcoming
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"Accession for What? An EXamination of Ethiopia's Decision to Join the WTO" 43(2) Journal of World Trade (forthcoming, April 2009)
Published
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"EU Sanitary Standards and Sub-Saharan African Agricultural Exports: A Case Study of the Livestock Sector in East Africa", The Berkley Electronic Press, The Law and Development Review: Vol. 1 : No. 1, Article 6. (2008)
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"Ethiopia's Reluctant Move to Join the WTO: A Preliminary Look at Legal and Institutional Implications of Accession" XXII:1 Journal of Ethiopian Law (2008)
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"The Regulatory Framework for Trade in IGAD Livestock Products", IGAD LPI Working Paper No. 07 - 08 (November 2007)
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"EC-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements and WTO Compatibility: An Experiment in North-South Inter-Regional Agreements?", 43(5) Common Market Law Review (2006) pp. 1343-1379
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Melaku Geboye Desta and Naomi Julia Barnes, "Competition Law and Regional Trade Agreements" in Lorand Bartels and Federico Ortino (eds.) Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System (Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 239-264.
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"Legal Issues in International Agricultural Trade: WTO Compatibility and Negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific States",May 2006, published by the FAO Legal Office at http://www.fao.org/legal/prs-ol/lpo56.pdf
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"Legal Issues in International Agricultural Trade: the Evolution of the WTO Agreement on agriculture from its Uruguay Round Origins to Its Post-Hong Kong Directions", May 2006, published by the FAO Legal Office at http://www.fao.org/legal/prs-ol/lpo55 .pdf
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"Exemptions from competition provisions in RTAs: A study based on experiences in the agriculture and energy sectors", in Philippe Brusick, Ana María Alvarez, and Lucian Cernat (eds.), Competition Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: How to Assure Development Gains, (UNCTAD, Geneva 2005) pp. 443-472.
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"The Integration of Agriculture into WTO Disciplines", in Bernard O'Connor (ed.), Agriculture in WTO Law (CameronMay, London, 2005)pp. 17-41.
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"OPEC and the WTO: Petroleum as a Fuel for Cooperation in International Relations", Middle East Economic Survey, VOL. XLVII, No 10, 08-March-2004
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"The Bumpy Ride towards the Establishment of 'a Fair and Market-Oriented Agricultural Trading System' at the WTO: Reflections Following the Cancun Setback?" 8 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (2003) pp. 489-537
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"The GATT/WTO System and International Trade in Petroleum: An Overview", 24(4) Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (2003) pp. 384 - 398
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"OPEC, the WTO, Regionalism, and Unilateralism", 37(3) Journal of World Trade (2003)pp. 523-551
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"Agriculture and the Doha Development Agenda: Any Hopes for Improvement?" in Kim van der Borght (ed.), Essays on the Future of the WTO: Finding a New Balance, (CameronMay, London, 2003)
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"Food Security and International Trade Law-An Appraisal of the WTO Approach" 35(3) Journal of World Trade (2001) pp. 449-468
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"Agricultural Export Subsidies under the WTO 'Agriculture Package': A Legal Analysis", 30(2) Revue Belge de Droit International (1997) PP. 635-660.
Book Reviews
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"Ingco and Winters (eds.) 'Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda: Creating a Global Trading Environment for Development'(CUP: 2004), and Cardwell, Grossman Rodgers (eds.), 'Agriculture and International Trade: Law, Policy and the WTO' (CABI: 2003), in 39 Journal of World Trade No. 4, 805-815, August 2005.
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"Marc Benitah, The Law of Subsidies under the GATT/WTO System" 36 Journal of World Trade No. 3: 601-602, June 2002.
