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There has been considerable ambivalence in the response of the international community and different national governments towards the problem of how to respond to individual terrorist acts and sustained campaigns of terrorist violence. Responses vacillate between a desire to punish and deter...
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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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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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The idea of fairness is a recurrent one in international economic law and relations. By and large, however, commentators have failed to provide a structured understanding for this vital concept or explain its reflection in legal rules. This article proposes a theory of fairness as part of a...
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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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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896161
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Asian economies and between Asia and the rest of the world. It pays special attention to the value-added relationships among … than the direct linkages. Finally, there is an increased tendency in Asia for both "near selling" of the value added in …
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