Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Evolving world trade patterns in critical mineral resources
Chapter 2. The landscape of export restrictions on critical minerals and metals
Chapter 3. Economic effects and policy goals of mineral export restraints
Chapter 4. WTO disciplines on export duties between general GATT rules and 'WTO-plus' obligations
Chapter 5. WTO disciplines on export quantitative restrictions
Chapter 6. Available general exceptions for WTO-inconsistent export restriction
Chapter 7. Understanding the multifaceted discourse on how to reform WTO disciplines on export restrictions : a brief conceptual framework
Chapter 8. Export restrictions in the DOHA round negotiations

Includes bibliography and index.

"Today international commodity markets are being affected by the longest and most pervasive 'wave' of export restrictions on raw materials since the Second World War. The origin of this phenomenon can be traced back to the 2000s commodities boom, and its endurance to an exceptional mix of concurring factors affecting patterns of world supply and demand for raw materials. The explosion of attention towards export restraints directly stems from the unique scope and length of the present wave"