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Though fruitful, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round negotiations seem to be reaching a deadlock. It is hard …
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A number of legislative frameworks and policies exercise various constraints on access to the Internet for certain goods, services, and other content. Some of these are recognized by most, if not all market participants as legitimate (data protection laws, measures to combat fraud, as well as...
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How do you analyze the present state of Global Trade Law? A poster boy for world governance, global trade law depicts a … discontinuities and fragmentations criss-crossing a world replete with trade agreements and likely to further proliferate are a matter …
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What caused the 'neoliberal turn' in international trade law and how exactly this event manifested itself in the medium of international legal practices is not a question that lends itself to simple resolutions. What I wish to do in these pages, consequently, is offer a few general theses which...
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In this comprehensive article written shortly after she left the WTO, the first Director of the Appellate Body Secretariat examines the early jurisprudence on trade remedies, including subsidies/countervail, anti-dumping and safeguards. The first subsidies cases were brought before the Appellate...
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represented 83% of the world's population and 91% of the world's GDP in 2013. We address five questions: Do some countries have …, how liberalized is world trade? Our analysis documents the extent of cross-sectional heterogeneity in applied commercial … policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy. …
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This chapter provides an overview of the legal obligations of the WTO/GATT system and certain related national, bilateral, and plurilateral arrangements. It is intended for economists and other social scientists who seek a concise and accessible introduction to the core legal obligations of the...
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The majority of the world's countries have antidumping (AD) statutes in place, hundreds of AD actions occur annually … its successor, the World Trade Organization. AD's unique characteristics along with its high incidence of use make it a …
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We provide a synthesis of the theoretical models that study the use of escape clauses, also known as safeguards, in multilateral and preferential trade agreements. We consider models that explain this type of flexibility based on economic efficiency, political economy shocks, and...
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The panel and the Appellate Body have recently examined one of the national tobacco control measures (US – Measures Affecting the Productions and Sale of Clove Cigarettes). The dispute, which emerged between the United States and Indonesia, concerned the US ban on the use of certain flavouring...
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