Originally published in 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : some observations on the politics of international economic law / Tomer Broude, Marc L. Busch and Amelia Porges -- Politics and indirect effects of asymmetrical bargaining power in free trade agreements / Meredith Kolsky Lewis -- Politics of linkages in U.S. preferential trade agreements / Kimberlee Weatherall -- Politics of African trade negotiations in the WTO's Doha Round / Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile -- Politics of legitimacy in the UNCITRAL working methods / Claire R. Kelly -- Politics of the European Union's investment treaty-making / Marc Bungenberg -- Politics of China's investment treaty-making programme / Axel Berger -- Politics of South-South bilateral investment treaties / Lauge Skovgaard Poulsen -- Politics of sovereign wealth funds : benign investors or smoking guns? / Yvonne C.L. Lee -- Politics of international financial law and the global financial crisis / Douglas W. Arner -- Ruling not to rule : the use of judicial economy by WTO panels / Marc L. Busch and Krzysztof J. Pelc -- Politics of competing jurisdictional claims in WTO and RTA disputes : the role of private international law analogies / C.L. Lim and Henry Gao -- Politics of rules of origin / Moshe Hirsch -- Politics of divestment / Perry S. Bechky.

Lawyers seldom consider the influence of politics on law, whereas political scientists have an on-again, off-again fascination with how the law influences relations among states. This book fills this interdisciplinary gap, through a series of important studies written by leaders in the field on specific problems in international economic relations.