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Is the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a legitimacy crisis and might the protracted Doha negotiations be evidence of … its functions. It contends that the WTO is not yet in a legitimacy crisis because the Doha negotiations still reveal the … negotiation of free trade agreements (FTAs) amongst key WTO members, which could be used to advance the Doha negotiations, force …
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argue that trade negotiations are based on mercantilistic rules. But the actual outcome of the Uruguay Round suggests that …
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”, which clarifies the manner in which negotiations under the GATS should proceed in order to progressively achieve higher …This contribution offers a comprehensive analysis of Art. XIX GATS, entitled “Negotiation of Specific Commitments … negotiations on services, such as Members’ national policy objectives and their level of development, and ensuring appropriate …
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In this paper we provide some evidence of the common claim that STCs improve transparency and monitoring as well as help mitigate trade conflicts. We analyse the content of 555 STCs raised in the TBT committee in the period 1995-2018. We find that: (i) STCs are used to acquire new and higher...
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For many years now, lack of progress in multilateral trade negotiations has been a major cause of concern among WTO … solution to the problem of process in negotiations by sidestepping the requirement for a consensus. The paper gives a detailed …
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Negotiations among members of international institutions often stalemate yet the outcomes vary. Sometimes talks end in … outcomes in the World Trade Organization - its 1999 deadlock in Seattle and its 2001 agreement in Doha, Qatar on an agenda for …
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The negotiation of multilateral agreements has stalled at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The action is among … them. A breakthrough is needed to get WTO negotiations back on track …
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. However, generally international negotiations are complicated and long and bargaining agreements are often unsatisfying. The … Doha-Development Agenda negotiations can be taken as a prime example to show the difficulties in international conflict … first step, the negotiations on export subsidies are analyzed, as it is the most progressed negotiation area within …
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The World Trade Organization's (WTO) most recent Ministerial Conference took place last December in Nairobi, Kenya … European Union have emphasized that “new” issues and approaches should guide WTO negotiations in the future. But it is not … negotiations, such as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), there are …
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the context of the negotiations leading to and during the GATT period up to the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, and some … of its implications for WTO negotiations. The paper reviews documents emanating from past trade negotiations, including … minutes and reports of meetings, Members' submissions, draft and final texts from negotiations, as well as background notes by …
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