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are infamous for noncompliance. Until recently, the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement process had served … history of the world.It may still hold that title, but it has slowed down considerably. Cases take much longer to complete … at a time when much of the world trading system is moving backward from trade liberalization and the rule of law …
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This paper focuses on the impact of maritime piracy on international trade. Piracy increases the cost of international maritime transport through an increase in insecurity regarding goods deliveries. Bilateral trade flows between the main European and Asian countries over the 1999 to 2008 period...
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in an increasingly multipolar world. This multipolar reality will offer instances of both standard divergence and …
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Rules on digital trade are rapidly taking shape as countries in Asia-Pacific and beyond strive to secure the benefits … growing. Asia-Pacific economies are unevenly engaged in cooperation in digital trade rulemaking - East and South-East Asia … economies have welcomed DTPs in their agreements and are taking the lead in developing DEAs, while Central Asia and South Asia …
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per capita GDP in Asia, this chapter contends that the role of RTAs in expanding regional trade in Asia has been … the events. Taken further, this chapter asserts that intra-regional trade and per capita GDP in Asia would be far higher …
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This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
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The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) required extensive changes to Australian copyright law. This paper assesses the impact of these changes one decade on. It considers, first, whether the costs and/or benefits predicted in 2004 have eventuated, finding clear evidence that AUSFTA has...
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The Treaty of Waitangi has repeatedly been affirmed as New Zealand's founding document, yet our constitutional arrangements rest on the untrammelled principle of parliamentary sovereignty. This paper argues that the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty is contrary to the sharing of powers...
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This article elaborates upon ideas contributed to a symposium considering the possible shape of an Asia Pacific … Community, including future trade arrangements within an Asia Pacific Community. It suggests some innovations in dispute …
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