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Implications of the World Trade Organization in Combating Non-Communicable Diseases

Mitchell, Andrew D.; Voon, Tania - 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a number of strategies to combat non-communicable diseases such as … imposed on Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In this article, we demonstrate that WTO rules do limit Members …

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Agricultural Trade : How Bad is the WTO for Development?

Häberli, Christian - 2016

completed, and it shows where the ‘development promises' of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World …

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Review of 'Free Movement of Goods and Limits of Regulatory Autonomy in the EU and WTO'

Leal-Arcas, Rafael - 2010

This book is a comparative study of the rules of the European Union (EU) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the …

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WTO Reform : Multilateral Control over Unilateral Retaliation – Lessons from the US-China Trade War

Qin, Julia Ya - 2020

Preventing trade wars is a key function of the WTO rule-based system. But as the United States and China waged the largest trade war in history, the WTO sat on the sidelines, unable to do anything to stop the fight. Why has the system failed so spectacularly? In a search for answers, this...

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International Coordination of Trade and Domestic Policies

Ederington, Josh - 2001

The success of GATT negotiations in lowering tariff barriers worldwide has shifted attention to the use of domestic policies as a secondary trade barrier, raising the question of how to deal with domestic policies within an international trade agreement. Currently, no theoretical basis exists...

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The Effect of Kyoto Emission Targets on Domestic CO2 Emissions : A Synthetic Control Approach

Almer, Christian Alexander; Winkler, Ralph - 2014

We use recent developments in the empirics of comparative case studies to analyze the effect of binding emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol on the development of CO2 emissions of seven major Annex B countries. In particular, we investigate whether committing to a specific greenhouse gas...

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Paths to Carbon Stabilization : How Foreign Carbon-Restricting Reforms Will Affect US Industry, Climate Policy and the Prospects of a Binding Emissions Reduction Treaty

Colares, Juscelino F. - 2013

This article investigates new paths for achieving a binding treaty on emission stabilization. Because industry support for US participation in such an agreement is essential, an empirical analysis of lobbying expenditures during Congress’s last attempt to pass emission-restricting legislation...

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The World Bank's Procurement Framework : An Assessment of Aid Effectiveness

Yukins, Christopher R.; Williams-Elegbe, Sope - 2018

In 2016, the World Bank formally implemented a massive reform of the guidance it applies to procurements conducted … under World Bank-financed projects. Because of the prominent role that the World Bank plays in shaping procurement policy …, the Bank’s procurement reforms have had a profound impact on procurement in many countries around the world. This piece, a …

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COVID-19 Crisis and Screening of Foreign Direct Investments in EU Privatized Companies

Papadopoulos, Thomas - 2021

This article examines how golden shares constitute an effective investment screening mechanism for the protection of EU strategic privatized companies from dubious and hostile foreign direct investments during the COVID-19 crisis. This investment screening is essential in order to secure that a...

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The Global Regulation of 'Fake News' in the Time of Oxymora : Facts and Fictions about the COVID-19 Pandemic as Coincidences or Predictive Programming?

Neuwirth, Rostam J. - 2021

The beginning of the twenty-first century saw an apparent change in language in public discourses characterised by the rise of so-called “essentially oxymoronic concepts”, i.e., mainly oxymora and paradoxes. In earlier times, these rhetorical figures of speech were largely reserved for the...

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