-tariff barriers, the liberalization of the investment regime, the liberalization of trade in services, and the far …-reaching harmonization/ mutual recognition of various trade and investment-related regulations and institutions. The economic literature, CGE …The idea of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement goes beyond the traditional concept of trade liberalization …

Geoeconomic concepts are gaining importance in EU trade policy. In this context new trade policy instruments are … designed to protect the internal market against unfair trade practices, coercive actions as well as to ensure sustainable … (CBAM), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD), Level Playing Field Provisions in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation …

agreements (SAAs), (2) bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and (3) free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Western Balkans and their … impact on the region's inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports, with primary interest in the effects on intra …-regional FDI and trade. We find that BITs were generally not related to intra-regional FDI (nor to the FDI from other countries …

Since the beginning of 2017, a paradigm change in international trade policy is observed. While protectionist agendas …

Georgia has long been one of the most trade-open economies in the world. It joined WTO in 2000 and currently has a free … trade agreement with the EU and EFTA, as well as with Turkey, the CIS and China. Georgia has been also one of the most … business-friendly countries. The basic objectives of Georgia's trade policy are integration, liberalisation, diversification …

Starting in the 1960s with the Kennedy Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), nontariff measures … (NTMs) have been replacing tariffs continuously as the core element of trade negotiations. Today they take centre stage in … all EU trade agreements with industrialised and emerging economies. By matching product codes to the rich data of NTM …

Since the beginning of 2017, a paradigm change in international trade policy is observed. While the protectionist …