Twenty First International Trade Law Conference Sydney 17 18 October 1994

"This report is about the legal problems faced by Australian business in international commerce. It is a feasibility report assessing the scope for law reform in this area. The report focuses on civil remedies in international commerce and their implications for reform." -- from the Overview, p. [7].

With contributions by a variety of internationally distinguished scholars on international law, world trade, business law and development, this unique examination of the roles of China and India in the new world economy adopts the perspectives of international economic law and comparative law. The two countries are compared with respect to issues concerning trade and development, the World Trade Organization, international dispute settlement, regional/free trade agreements, outsourcing, international investment, foreign investment, corporate governance, competition law and policy, and law and development in general. The findings demonstrate that, though their domestic approaches to economic issues diverge, China and India adopt similar stances at the international level on many major issues, recapturing images which existed during the immediate post-colonial era. Cooperation between China and India could provide leadership in the struggle for economic development in developing countries.

Designed as an introductory textbook, "International Trade Law" provides an overview of the international legal regime which regulates international business transactions in trade and trade-related finance. It critically analyses strengths and weaknesses of the current World Trade Organisation regime from Australian and South Asian perspectives, while providing useful historical material on its genesis.

NZLC Report No. 45.