Derivatives as a Test Case for International Financial Regulation through the WTO

48(1) Journal of World Trade 135 (2014)

36 Pages Posted: 2 Feb 2014 Last revised: 18 Jul 2022

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Abhimanyu George Jain

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Department of International Law

Date Written: February 1, 2014

Abstract

Can the WTO play a role in international financial regulation? This paper examines that question focusing specifically on the regulation of international derivatives, reasoning that if that complex and controversial category of instruments can be successfully regulated, international financial regulation generally is theoretically possible. It goes on to describe how such regulation may be achieved through the World Trade Organization (WTO) employing the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) framework, and then demonstrates that the vesting of such regulatory authority in the WTO is in the interests of international finance, international trade and international economic relations generally.

Keywords: WTO, GATS, international financial regulation, derivatives

Suggested Citation

George Jain, Abhimanyu, Derivatives as a Test Case for International Financial Regulation through the WTO (February 1, 2014). 48(1) Journal of World Trade 135 (2014), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2389482

Abhimanyu George Jain (Contact Author)

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Department of International Law ( email )

Switzerland

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