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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
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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Bilateral Free Trade Agreements : A Critical Assessment and WTO Regulatory Reform Proposal
Folsom, Ralph - 2013
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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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
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Proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements : Complementing or Supplanting Multilateralism?
Leal-Arcas, Rafael - 2011
With the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, the pyramidal design of the international trading …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129233
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How does the regular work of WTO influence regional trade agreements? : the case of international standards and the TBT Committee
McDaniels, Devin; Molina, Ana Cristina; Wijkström, Erik - 2018 - Manuscript date: 23 March 2018
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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Succession to Multilateral Treaties
Dumberry, Patrick - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012851495
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Defending the Spirit of the Doha Declaration in Free Trade Agreements : The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Access to Affordable Medicines
Kilic, Burcu - 2016
The Doha Declaration on the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights …
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The Chapeau of the General Exceptions in the WTO GATT and GATS Agreements : A Reconstruction
Bartels, Lorand - 2017
This article presents a new interpretation of the Chapeau of Article XX of the GATT. The basis for this interpretation is a structural analysis of Article XX according to which this provision establishes a right to adopt measures for specific purposes that is subject to specific conditions set...
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Market Access under the GATS – A Legal Commentary on Article XVI GATS
Daza Jaller, Lillyana Sophia; Delimatsis, Panagiotis; … - 2022
Market access is the most important liberalizing principle in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It entails a general prohibition of quantitative restrictions, which however is conditional on commitments undertaken by Members in their respective Schedules of Commitments. Case-law...
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Trade facilitation measures under free trade agreements : are they discriminatory against non-members?
Yamanaka, Shintarō; Tafgar, Aiken; Lazaro, Dorothea - 2010
Are trade facilitation measures under free trade agreements (FTAs) discriminatory? This important question has yet to be sufficiently explored by the existing literature on trade facilitation. Despite the multilateral scope and non-discriminatory objectives of trade facilitation measures, some...
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