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To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
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regulation under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and critically … trade medium of today, but very likely the future. Already more than half of world trade is conducted under bilaterals …. They could render MFN the least favored status in world trade. Such an outcome would be especially harmful to the world …
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Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
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With the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, the pyramidal design of the international trading …
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This paper illustrates how the work of the WTO's standing committees is fuelling regulatory cooperation between WTO members, and inspiring RTA negotiators. We explore, as a case study, how the WTO TBT Committee has shaped provisions on international standards in RTAs, and focus on the extent to...
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This article provides a comprehensive overview of the treatment of legal services in the United States’ international trade agreements. Although many individuals are now familiar with the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), far fewer realize that legal services are included in at...
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This paper analyses the new discipline on state-owned enterprises contained in the recently concluded Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, and evaluates various factors that influenced the shaping of its specific rules. The new discipline consolidates and strengthens related provisions in...
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This paper analyses the new discipline on state-owned enterprises contained in the recently concluded Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, and evaluates various factors that influenced the shaping of its specific rules. The new discipline consolidates and strengthens related provisions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014128075
This article examines the following question: is a new successor State automatically bound by the multilateral treaties on investment promotion and protection to which the predecessor State was a party at the date of succession? The specific question of State succession to multilateral treaties...
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The Doha Declaration on the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights …
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