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This paper aims to examine the impacts of oil-price shocks on China’s price levels. To that end, we develop a partial …-through mechanism during oil-price shocks. Using the models of both China and the U.S., we separate the impact of price control from … those of other factors leading to China’s price stickiness under oil-price shocks. The results show a sharp contrast between …
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Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to … whatever climate commitments beyond 2020 that China may take. Given the paramount importance of cities, China is practicing low … characteristics of China’s LCC development. The paper then identifies eight problems and challenges for China’s LCC development …
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China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the … environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China’s efforts towards energy conservation and …
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The Chinese leadership in November 2013 determined to embark upon a new wave of comprehensive reforms in China. This is … clearly reflected by the key decision of the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of Communist Party of China to assign … is crucial because it sends clear signals to both producers and consumers of energy. While the overall trend of China …
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China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations … paper provides some reflections on China’s stance and reactions at Copenhagen. While China’s reactions are generally well … rooted because of realities at home, some reactions could have been handled more effectively for a better image of China. The …
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China’s global quest for resources, in particular oil and natural gas, has received unprecedented worldwide attention … and scrutiny. This is partly because of China’s own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies … energy security as a result of misconceptions and misunderstandings of China’s quest for energy security both inside and …
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. Agreement on this paragraph should represent one immediate contribution that the WTO can make to fight against climate change … WTO environmental goods negotiations. It begins with discussing what products to liberalize and how. Given that WTO … in environmental goods and technologies forward, both within and outside the WTO. Recognizing that there is no one …
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legislation - is assessed, and found to be neither effective nor likely to be WTO-consistent. The paper is concluded by arguing …
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like-minded countries invoke trade measures (to meet their Kyoto targets) against another WTO member but non-Kyoto Party … like the U.S, would these measures be upheld if challenged by the U.S. under WTO? In so doing, attention is paid to the … trade effects of the proposed measures to ensure their close consistency with the WTO rules, thus maximizing the WTO …
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should represent one immediate contribution that the WTO can make to fight against climate change. This paper presents the … key issues surrounding liberalized trade in climate-friendly goods and technologies in WTO environmental goods … negotiations. It begins with what products to liberalize and how. Clearly, WTO environmental goods negotiations to date show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642139