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Trade issues affecting disaster response
Roberts, Michael; Mohammed, Nazia - 2017 - Manuscript date: March 2017
The frequency, severity and economic impact of natural disasters are growing. Import surges resulting from disaster-response efforts can highlight underlying structural failings in the border clearance regimes of disaster-affected countries. Relief supplies, specialized personnel and agencies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632722
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Canary in a coal mine : how trade concerns at the Goods Council reflect the changing landscape of trade frictions at the WTO
Santana, Roy; Dobhal, Adeet - 2024 - Manuscript date: 08 May 2024
This paper studies the under-explored yet critical role of WTO's regular bodies, particularly focusing on the discussions of "trade concerns" within the Goods Council, its subsidiary bodies, as well as the General Council. These discussions are pivotal for the governance of international trade...
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A Comment on China's Participation in the World Trade Organization
Charnovitz, Steve - 2013
rights treaties overseen by the World Intellectual Property Organization.The paper by Yang Guohua points out the paradox that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086497
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Harmonization of Law for Economic Development in Vietnam and Impacts of the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement Toward this Process and Future US-VN Trade Relations : Part 2 BTA a...
Nguyen, Binh - 2010
In this Project Paper, Ambassador Nguyen Guy Binh brings alive Vietnam’s transition from a controlled economy to a market-based economy. For him, this is not just a period of scholarly interest, but one where the people of Vietnam went from not having enough food to eat, to having food,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192790
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The Resumption of the Doha Round and the Future of Services Trade
Leal-Arcas, Rafael - 2008
This Article analyzes the Doha round, focusing on trade in services. It illustrates the general European Community's position in services trade in the framework of the Doha Development Agenda. The Lisbon Treaty's provisions relating to international trade are analyzed. It is argued that with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219603
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Systemic Changes in the Politicization of the International Trade Relations and the Decline of the Multilateral Trading System
Borlini, Leonardo S.; Sacerdoti, Giorgio - 2023
This Article contributes to the discussion about the development of international trade regulation of state interventionism by situating the tensions that exist about the future design of subsidies and state enterprises treaty regulation in the broader context of current systemic challenges to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358011
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Multilateral and regional cooperation on digital trade rules and agreements in Asia-Pacific
Du, Runqiu; Duval, Yann; Semenova, Maria; Sutthivana, … - 2023
Rules on digital trade are rapidly taking shape as countries in Asia-Pacific and beyond strive to secure the benefits associated with e-commerce and the digitalization of trade in goods and services. At the multilateral level, the WTO holds promise to reach a plurilateral agreement on core...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014451848
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Ties that Bind : Regionalism, Commercial Treaties, and the Future of Global Economic Integration
Brummer, Chris - 2007
This article provides an in-depth analysis of the at times problematic interplay of regional and bilateral treaties regulating international economic law. Though academics have long debated whether regional and bilateral instruments threaten the hegemony of the multilateral trading system, no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014052822
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Human Rights and the Changing Normative Ideologies of International Trade : Critical Perspectives on the 2003 Cancún WTO Ministerial Conference
DONGMO, Christophe - 2021
at the expense of millions of poor people. However, it is arguable whether the world trading system will yield positive … economic change in an unequal business world. The bulk of the paper discusses the intricacies of Cancún and reviews its …, lessons learned, and substantive issues pertaining to the challenges and prospects for the world trade governing body. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238909
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Do China and Russia undermine US sanctions? : evidence from DiD and event study estimation
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2022 - This Version: November 13, 2022
purposefully undermine US sanction efforts, we test whether target countries' trade with China and Russia increases under US trade … sanctions. We find no evidence for systematic sanction busting. Russia does not change its trade patterns with sanctioned …
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