Organization (WTO), in order to evaluate the impacts that these may have on the multilateral trading system. Russia was the last … main economy outside the WTO. In order to allow its accession to the organization, WTO members demanded a series of … commitments and comparing them with China's accession to the WTO, in 2001, the article shall identify the main features of Russian …

The following article examines the Made-in-the-World initiative of the WTO from different angles. Methodological issues …

in WTO dispute settlement. Its distinguishing feature is that it seeks to address this relationship in light of the … between them. The basic conclusion is that legislators' silence concerning this relationship should speak volumes to WTO … adjudicating bodies: MEAs should not be automatically understood as imposing legally binding obligations on WTO Members, but could …

There are essentially two types of plurilateral trade agreements (PAs) among WTO Members, an exclusive and an open … discussions. This article takes a sceptical view, since any such PA would need to be agreed by consensus among all 160-odd WTO … treaty frameworks, as "WTO-extra" understandings. …

featured in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) contribute to reducing trade costs. Inclusion of such provisions in RTAs …

with their WTO obligations may well arise in implementing the Kyoto Protocol, given that Article 2 of the Protocol gives … respect to the WTO consistency and the conditions under which border taxes can be adjusted to accommodate a loss of …-labels and government procurement policies, and explores the potential interaction between these domestic climate polices and WTO …

The paper offers a novel explanation for China's manufacturing exports performance after WTO entry. Building on … conjunction with China's WTO accession, and examines its effect on China's exports to the EU. The results reveal that: (i) the …

, both prior and after China's WTO Accession, to the corresponding changes in districts without any mineral endowment. Using … China's WTO Accession): it is not enough to assume, given Africa's high spatial inequality, that local economies will …