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Canada : renewable energy ; implications for WTO law on green and not-so-green subsidies
Charnovitz, Steve; Fischer, Carolyn - 2014
In the first dispute on renewable energy to come to WTO dispute settlement, the domestic content requirement of Ontario …
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Export restrictions and policy space for sustainable development : lessons from trends in the regulation of export restrictions (2012-2016)
Jiang, Fengan - 2018
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) generally prohibits the World Trade Organization (WTO … not regulated under the GATT 1994 though a few WTO members such as China commit to restricting the use of export duties in … their WTO accession protocols. Given the plethora of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the slow progress of the WTO Doha …
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Sustainability, Public Procurement and SMEs – Challenges and Opportunities
Andhov, Marta - 2019
more than a half of the European GDP. Thus, if more SMEs participate in public procurement, the competition will increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902346
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Ecosystem Services, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, and the Conceptual Difference between Benefits Provided by Ecosystems and Benefits Provided by People
Lugo, Ezequiel - 2008
While the idea of ecosystem services is crucial to environmental decision-making, usage of the term "ecosystem services" is haphazard at best. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, reflecting the consensus of the largest group of experts ever assembled in the area of ecosystem change, encouraged...
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Investment treaty law, sustainable development and responsible business conduct : a fact finding survey
Gordon, Kathryn M.; Pohl, Joachim; Bouchard, Marie J. - 2014
Investment treaty law – which is scattered over 3 000 international investment agreements adopted over a period of 50 years – is a crucial but complex basis for regulating international investment flows. Investment treaties are often thought to be silent on investors’ responsibilities to...
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When sustainable development meets international investment : painful collision or necessary contribution?
Ferreira, Agata - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 2, pp. 235-255
International investment has increasingly been subject to controversies and debates. Never more so then when international investment law is faced with sustainable development issues, particularly in the context of international investment arbitration. Given the characteristics of international...
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Border adjustment mechanisms : elements for economic, legal, and political analysis
Bueb, Julien; Richieri Hanania, Lilian; Le Clézio, Alice - 2016
This paper examines, from a multidisciplinary perspective, plausible hypotheses for implementation of border carbon adjustment mechanisms, seen as a complement to strong environmental regulation. It highlights economic, legal, and political difficulties raised by border carbon adjustments. After...
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Addressing the Green Patent Global Deadlock Through Bayh-Dole Reform
Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore - 2014
The U.S. government is investing in basic green energy research to address global climate change, but the current practices for patenting and licensing these new technologies will likely impede their dissemination, both within the United States and throughout the world. The refusal of the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200237
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Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights : Analyzing the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
Letnar Cernic, Jernej - 2009
This article analyses the Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy of the International Labour Organization. It argues that given the current lack of a legally binding international document on human rights obligations of corporations, the focus...
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Rebuilding Global Trade : Proposals for a Fairer, More Sustainable Future
Deere Birkbeck, Carolyn; Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo - 2009
In advance of the G20 London Summit in early April 2009, and in the context of the economic crisis, the immediate priority of many governments and trade experts was rightly to create and implement a strategy that would offset declining trade and investment, particularly in developing countries...
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