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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

its member countries have tried to include LDCs in the world trading system through various means, including DFQF and AfT … comfortable with the current world trading system. To overcome the stalemate in the DDA and to create an inclusive world trading … understand how ordinary people in LDCs feel and think about the current world trading system. Those voices have seldom been …

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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...

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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

This report examines recent updates to the regulation and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights in Korea and China, in particular patent rights including invention, utility, and design rights. This paper also discusses some features and issues of the actual IP enforcement situation in...

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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...

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Establishing global value chains through the liberalization of trade in services

Ishido, Hikari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper addresses the importance of establishing global value chains through the liberalization of trade in services. A database has revealed rather disconnected policy arrangements across APEC members in terms of service trade liberalization. While the economic benefits arising from...

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Harmonization of trade in services by APEC members

Ishido, Hikari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

This study maps out the degree of services trade liberalization by the APEC members toward achieving a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and makes some comparative analyses. The study finds that the commitment level differs greatly between sensitive and less sensitive sectors, and that...

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Chairship system and decision making by consensus in international agreements : the case of ASEAN

Suzuki, Sanae - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

How are different positions reconciled under decision making by consensus in international agreements? This article aims to answer this question. Consensus rule provides each participant a veto, which risks resulting in non-agreement. Taking ASEAN as a case study of international organizations...

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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...

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Looking Toward the â€œNew Eraâ€ Features and Background of the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement

Aoki-Okabe, Maki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This paper examines Thai-Japanese relations through analysis of EPA. There are two questions. The first involves the features of JTEPA as an EPA. By scrutinizing the features of the EPA, we would like to approach the institutional framework of the â€œnew eraâ€ which will be brought about...

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Financial Cooperation in East Asia

Kunimune, Kozo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper addresses the rationale for financial cooperation in East Asia. It begins by giving a brief review of developments after the Asian currency crisis, and argues that enhancing regional financial cooperation both quantitatively and qualitatively will require: (1) upgrading surveillance...

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