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security of market access result from increased membership of the GATT/WTO system, which itself underwent important changes as … a result of the Uruguay Round, further developed in the first Ministerial Meeting of the WTO in Singapore in December … 1996. The systemic changes and the expansion of WTO membership to the transition and other economies mark a dramatic change …
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The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) received much scholarly attention when it was first established in 1989, but has been overshadowed of late by dispute settlement processes. This paper examines the relationship between barriers to trade that are flagged by the World Trade Organization's...
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litmus test for the EU's commitment to the WTO cause. When appropriate, the article draws parallels with existing EU …
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protect, and the disciplines of the WTO, which very much limit unilateral measures inspired by purely protectionist desires …-destructing. Second, the current regime of world trade law developed under the auspices of the WTO significantly limits protectionist …
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Over the years, the substantive content of international investment agreements (IIAs) has shifted to reflect political change and to respond to lessons learnt in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). With a focus on eight IIAs, selected with a view to geographical representativeness, this...
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The conclusion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) constitutes a priority and key component of the new external trade policy of the European Union (EU) and an immediate follow-up to several years of regulatory cooperation between the two global trade powers. In an era of...
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This paper studies the under-explored yet critical role of WTO's regular bodies, particularly focusing on the … are pivotal for the governance of international trade and are key in resolving trade frictions among WTO Members, going … position within the WTO structure, above the technical bodies and below its most political body, which has enabled it to become …
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The paper is the final chapter of a textbook on WTO Law published by Law Press, Beijing, in 2012. The textbook contains … multiple chapters on more basic aspects of WTO Law in Chinese. Some of the more advanced chapters are reproduced in English and … law students not only with WTO Law but also with the English terminology. In line with this overall goal, the present …
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The paper provides a detailed analysis of the current U.S. - Korea free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. The currently negotiated U.S. - Korean FTA may offer a legal framework for economic integration between the United States and Korea in the sense that the FTA attempts to bring Korea's...
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some international organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO …) is polycephalous in nature [since the European Community and its 25 Member States are members of the WTO and FAO, but not …
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