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Almost eight years after the launch of the Doha Round, the WTO negotiations remain mired in a swamp of detail, with … could be achieved; whether there are alternative approaches to WTO negotiations that could be explored for the future; and … what a future negotiating agenda might look like. It concludes with some reflections on the prospects for the WTO at the …
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This paper looks at the possibilities of a concluding "Bali package" on the issues that are currently engaging the WTO …
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develop a realistic base1ine that takes into account events such as the entry of China into the WTO and the enlargement of the …
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There are essentially two types of plurilateral trade agreements (PAs) among WTO Members, an exclusive and an open … discussions. This article takes a sceptical view, since any such PA would need to be agreed by consensus among all 160-odd WTO … treaty frameworks, as "WTO-extra" understandings. …
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) serves as a key forum for negotiating global trade rules, yet it faces significant … unresolved. Additionally, the WTO's dispute settlement system has been weakened, undermining the enforcement of its rules and … about the role of developing countries in world trade and how the WTO can serve their interests. This essay examines the …
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Notwithstanding some progress in market and product diversification - including services - LDCs remain particularly vulnerable to external shocks. With the exception of 2006-2008, the LDCs as a group have systematically recorded a trade deficit. The 2008-2009 global crisis and the bumpy recovery...
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.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits to see whether political friends of the U.S. receive favorable treatment. While …
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This paper develops three major themes. First, the atmosphere of gloom around the multilateral trading system due to dim prospects of a successful conclusion of the Doha Round notwithstanding, global trade regime remains open and the institution in charge of it, the World Trade Organization, is...
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Almost eight years after the launch of the Doha Round, the WTO negotiations remain mired in a swamp of detail, with … could be achieved; whether there are alternative approaches to WTO negotiations that could be explored for the future; and … what a future negotiating agenda might look like. It concludes with some reflections on the prospects for the WTO at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790328
Schneller als vielfach erwartet findet die Weltwirtschaft den Weg aus der großen Krise. Dabei erweisen sich die asiatischen Staaten als besonders dynamisch. Amerika will durch eine Steigerung seiner Exporte Anschluss halten. Nach dem Scheitern der Doha-Runde stellt sich die Frage, ob bilaterale...
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