TY - BOOK AU - Leinarte,Emilija TI - Functional responsibility of international organizations: the European Union and international economic law SN - 9781108979085 (ebook) AV - KZ4850 .L45 2021 U1 - 341.23 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - European Union KW - World Trade Organization KW - European Union countries KW - Court of Justice of the European Union KW - International agencies KW - Foreign trade regulation N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Dec 2021); The governing law -- Independent responsibility of the EU and its member states -- The concept of an organ and agent of the EU -- The nature of remedies in international economic law -- Identification of the proper respondents -- The optimal respondent -- Multiple respondents in WTO dispute-settlement -- Normative implications for the EU's free trade agreements N2 - This book provides a novel approach to the allocation of international responsibility in a multilayered structure like the European Union. Introducing a new concept of functional international responsibility, this study finds that in international economic law the focus of international dispute settlement bodies is not on the responsible party, but on a party best placed to bear responsibility. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of international rules of responsibility and international dispute settlement practice, primarily that of the World Trade Organization and investment arbitration. The study offers a practically applicable approach to questions of international responsibility which will assist international adjudicators, EU and Member States' officials and third country government agents who negotiate economic agreements and are involved in international economic disputes. The book is also relevant to those interested in the governance and accountability questions under the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108979085 ER -