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The idea of fairness is a recurrent one in international economic law and relations. By and large, however …. This article proposes a theory of fairness as part of a broader theory of justice, suggesting that fairness is a part, but … not the whole, of justice. Rather, justice may be thought of as a combination of equality plus fairness (i.e. justice …
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sought new ways to regulate labour standards and advance goals of fairness and social justice. Governments are harnessing …
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sought new ways to regulate labour standards and advance goals of fairness and social justice. Governments are harnessing …
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In "Fairness in Practice - A Social Contract for a Global Economy" (2012) Aaron James proposes a substantial normative … framework for a theory of fairness in the global economy. Based on a distinctive methodology of interpretive constructivism …, James argues for an internal justification of fairness requirements in the field of international trade, and consequently …
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This paper reviews the most significant recent developments in the theory of trade agreements. The paper offers an integrated approach to evaluating trade agreements, and uses the approach to present results on preferential and multilateral trade agreements. The paper identifies also several...
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The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) under the WTO is a newly-born and the first ever multilateral agreement on trade in services. Despite of potential development and welfare prospects abound in the services sector, only moderate liberalization has been achieved under the GATS and...
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While most economists are in agreement that China’s currency is undervalued, economists are less certain as to the effect of the undervaluation. Despite the equivocal data, critics of China’s regime claim that the undervaluation leads to cheaper, and therefore increased exported goods, while...
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This paper considers the possibilities that the member states of the WTO would adopt some kind of antitrust provision. Initially, the paper reviews the historical relation of competition policy to trade policy, from the Havana Conference to the present. It then reviews the conflicts between the...
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This paper considers the compatibility of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Commission (EC) and African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries with the law of the World Trade Organisation. The Eastern and Southern African EPAs are used as a case study. Three possibilities...
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