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Competition policy, trade and the global economy : existing WTO elements, commitments in regional trade agreements, current challenges and issues for reflection
Anderson, Robert D.; Kovacic, William E.; Müller, Anna … - 2018 - Manuscript date: 21 October 2018
Competition policy, today, is an essential element of the legal and institutional framework for the global economy. Whereas decades ago, anti-competitive practices tended to be viewed mainly as a domestic phenomenon, most facets of competition law enforcement now have an important international...
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South-South economic linkages : an overview
Jha, Shikha; McCawley, Peter - 2011
The nature of South-South international economic relations has changed significantly in recent decades, especially since the early 1990s. In areas such as trade, investment, labor markets, technology, and policy coordination, regional cooperation between countries of the South and pro-market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009301853
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Mapping of dispute settlement mechanisms in regional trade agreements : innovative or variations on a theme?
Chase, Claude; Yanovich, Alan; Crawford, Jo-Ann; Ugaz, … - 2013 - Manuscript date: 10 June 2013
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have become an indelible feature of the international trading landscape. Most, if not all, RTAs contain provisions that establish procedures for resolving disputes among their signatory members. Yet, the design and functioning of these dispute settlement...
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Trade facilitation provisions in regional trade agreements traits and trends
Neufeld, Nora - 2014 - Manuscript date: January 15, 2014
The paper first surveys the Trade Facilitation landscape at the regional level and analyses the main forces shaping it. It identifies key factors driving regional Facilitation approaches, examining their priorities, features and underlying philosophies. The study also highlights significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230933
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Mapping of safeguard provisions in regional trade agreements
Crawford, Jo-Ann; McKeagg, Jo; Tolstova, Julia - 2013 - Manuscript date: October 14, 2013
/WTO up to 31 December 2012. In particular, it identifies those RTAs that modify the conditions applicable to the RTA partner … (either substantively or procedurally) in the event that a global safeguard is invoked. In the case of bilateral (or intra-RTA … of global safeguards, roughly a quarter of RTAs provide for the possible exclusion of the RTA partner, subject to certain …
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EU-African regional trade agreements as a development tool to reduce EU border rejections
Fiankor, Dela-Dem; Ehrich, Malte; Brümmer, Bernhard - 2016
The integration of developing countries into the world trading system is an important development mechanism to reduce poverty in these countries. Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have recently spread in terms of quantity and type. Some of these, like the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)...
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Trade re(im)balanced : the role of regional trade agreements
Sokolova, Maria V. - 2016 - This version: May 2016
This paper documents the novel fact that Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) decrease bilateral trade imbalances as … measured by conventional measure of the net export share in gross trade. While on average an RTA decreases bilateral trade … imbalance by 7%, greater trade integration through a deeper RTA is associated with a reduction of up to 50% among the sample of …
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Intellectual property provisions in regional trade agreements : revision and update
Valdes, Raymundo M.; McCann, Maegan - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 June 2014
This is a revision and update of "Intellectual Property Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements" by Valdés and Runyowa (2012). This paper adjusts the methodology applied to assess the intellectual property (IP) provisions contained in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the aggregation of such...
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TBT provisions in Regional Trade Agreements : to what extent do they go beyond the WTO TBT Agreement?
Molina, Ana Cristina; Khoroshavina, Vira - 2015 - Manuscript date: December 2015
This paper investigates whether TBT provisions included in RTAs differ from those under the WTO TBT Agreement, and, if they do, whether they entail broader commitments. Our analysis covers 238 RTAs, of which 171 include at least one provision, and focuses on the provisions on technical...
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Communication break down : typology of telecommunications provisions in regional trade agreements
Monteiro, José-Antonio; Posada, Kian Cassehgari; … - 2022 - Manuscript date: December 2021
Although a growing number of regional trade agreements (RTAs) include telecommunications provisions, the collection and systematization of information on telecommunications provisions in RTAs remain limited. This paper addresses this gap by mapping and reviewing the different types of provisions...
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