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Features of IP rights enforcement in Korea and China
Nomura, Takashi; Okada, Saori; Yoshizaki, Takeshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
China, in particular patent rights including invention, utility, and design rights. This paper also discusses some features …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652366
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Toward an inclusive and a little bit ethical world trading system : listening to the voices of the people in LDCs
Sato, Kan Hiroshi; Sato, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Many specialists in international trade have started saying that the era of a mega FTA is approaching. If the three poles of the global economy, namely East Asia, EU and the United States, form mega FTAs, most of the volume of global trade will be covered. That may be fine, but there will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147334
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Normative Influences of "Special and Differential Treatment" on North-South RTAs
Yanai, Akiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009
Recently, there has been a surge in bilateral and regional trade arrangements between developed and developing countries, which are known as North-South RTAs. Under the current legal system of the WTO, North-South RTAs are governed by Article XXIV of the GATT or Article V of the GATS, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004988421
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Rethinking special and differential treatment in the WTO
Yanai, Akiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Special and differential treatment (S&D) allows differentiated treatment for developing countries within the WTO system by justifying a deviation from the most-favoured-nation obligation. Since it was incorporated into the GATT (the predecessor of the WTO) in the 1960s, S&D has played a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721549
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Is the anti-trafficking framework really for the 'victims'? : reflections on Burmese victims of human trafficking and non-trafficked migrants in Thailand
Yamada, Miwa - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
Since the year 2000 when the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, human trafficking has been regarded as one of the egregious violations of human rights, and global efforts have been made to eradicate it. The anti-trafficking framework...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351435
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Evolution in the Concept of Development: How Has The World Bank's Legal Assistance Extended its Reach?
Yamada, Miwa - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
The World Bank's legal and judicial reforms programs have expanded considerably since it began to address the issue of governance in the early 1990s. Initially the Bank focused on legal reforms for inducing private investment. Currently, its legal assistance extends to include the criminal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227610
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Comparative analysis of bilateral memoranda on anti-human trafficking cooperation between Thailand and three neighboring countries : what do the origin and the destination states agree upon?
Yamada, Miwa - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
In order to prevent, suppress and punish human trafficking, bilateral agreements between origin of victim countries and destination countries are crucial, because their cooperation involves cross-border activities such as repatriation of victims, extradition of criminals and information-sharing....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547638
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Influence of Social Institutions on Inequality in China
Uchimura, Hiroko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
system, on income inequality in China. This study uses an inequality decomposition analysis approach comparing household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534128
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Rules of Origin and Local Content in East Asia
Kuroiwa, Ikuo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
Preferential Tariffs (CEPT) under AFTA and similar arrangements under the ASEAN-China FTA, a product must satisfy the conditions … the period 1990-2000, due to rising dependency on neighboring ASEAN countries and China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534130
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Myanmar's Economic Relations with China: Can China Support the Myanmar Economy?
Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
Against the background of closer diplomatic, political and security ties between Myanmar and China since 1988, their … economic relations have also grown stronger throughout the 1990s and up to 2005. China is now a major supplier of consumer and … capital goods to Myanmar, in particular through border trade. China also provides a large amount of economic cooperation in …
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