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Development and the World Trade Organization : Proposal for the Agreement on Development Facilitation and the Council for Trade and Development in the WTO

Lee, Yong-Shik - 2013

Facilitating economic development of developing countries has become an important agenda in the world trading system …, currently represented by the World Trade Organization, will depend on bridging these gaps between developed and developing … regulatory reform to promote development in the current system. The paper also proposes organizational reform in the World Trade …

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Democracy and the GATT/WTO Accession Duration

Yu, Miaojie; Wong, Ka-Fu - 2008

Recent studies have suggested that accession to GATT/WTO is a complex, difficult, and lengthy process, and such process has lengthened in recent years. Using survival analysis, we find that the applicant's political regime has a significant impact on the time it takes to accede to GATT/WTO. In...

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The Law in Action at the WTO

Waller, Spencer Weber - 2009

There has been relatively little written applying the insights of legal realism to international law, particularly international economic law. Professor Gregory Shaffer has admirably filled his gap in his excellent book, Defending Interests: Public-Private Partnerships in WTO Litigation. In my...

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Constitutional Conceits : The Wto's Constitution and the Discipline of International Law

Dunoff, Jeffrey L. - 2008

Trade scholars are preoccupied with the debate over constitutionalism at the WTO. Much of this literature presupposes that the trade regime is properly understood as a constitutional entity. However, neither WTO texts nor practice supports this understanding. The striking disjunction between...

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The Future of the WTO

Anderson, Kym - 2001

has made to the world economy since 1948, substantial scope remains for further contributions from and adaptations by its … successor since 1995, the World Trade Organization. After first reviewing why the world needs the WTO, this paper examines the …

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The Future of the WTO

Anderson, Kym - 1998

Despite the huge contribution the GATT has made to the world economy since 1948, substantial scope remains for further … contributions from and adaptations by its successor since 1995, the World Trade Organization. After first reviewing why the world …

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The WTO as a Law-Harmonizing Institution

Reich, Arie - 2005

The central argument of this article is that the WTO is emerging as a major player in the field of global harmonization of national laws. Usually, when we think of institutions that deal with and promote harmonization of law, we think of organizations such as the UNIDROIT, UNCITRAL, or even...

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Determinants and Benefits of WTO Accession : Do Peace Indicators Reveal Linkage between WTO and Peace?

Lee, Hyo-young; Roh, Jaeyoun - 2022

This study empirically demonstrates that there is indeed a positive relationship between trade and peace, by specifically showing that the physical state of peace and the structural elements of peace contribute to a country’s WTO membership, while WTO accession also contributes to achieving...

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Panel : Dispute Settlement System of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Wagner, Markus - 2020

the World Trade Organization (WTO), comprehensively covers all aspects of dispute settlement before WTO panels, as well as …

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Measuring World Trade Organization Accession Commitments and Their Economic Effects

Escaith, Hubert; Chemutai, Vicky - 2018

All members join the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a result of negotiations. WTO membership means a balance of …

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