This paper considers the APEC and proposed EGA agreements which grant tariff concession in favor of "green" goods. We .nd that the practical significance of the APEC agreement should not be overestimated as it involves modest tariff concessions over a subset of goods which are not heavily...

A very brief history of the trading system -- The WTO in a nutshell -- Trade in goods -- Services, intellectual property, and plurilateral agreements -- Dispute settlement and transparency -- Developing countries and the multilateral trading system -- Whither the trading system?

The objective of this paper is to discuss and compare the role that different constituencies play in US and EU procedures for merger control. We describe the main constituencies (both internal and external) involved in merger control in both jurisdictions and discuss how a typical merger case...