The China - Raw Materials dispute recently arbitrated by the WTO opposed China as defendant to the US, the EU and Mexico as claimants on the somewhat unusual issue of export restrictions on natural resources. For the claimants, Chinese export restrictions on various raw materials, of which the...

Im Regelwerk des General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) werden seit langer Zeit nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse, bei gleichem Außenschutz, als wesentlich problematischere handelspolitische Instrumente angesehen als tarifäre Handelshemmnisse. Ein bedeutender Grund ist, dass die...

One of the most important issues addressed in research on international business, expecially on SMEs, is why certain companies export more than others. A frequent explanantion in the literature is that company directors and managers have different perceptions of obstacles or barriers to...