We study how domestic content requirements in Free Trade Areas (FTAs) affect market power and market structure in concentrated intermediate goods markets. We show that content requirements increase oligopolistic markups beyond the level that would obtain under an equivalent import tariff, and we...

This report concerns the Syrian territories, which have been outside the control of the Government of Syria (GoS) and returned to GoS control through so-called reconciliation agreements. It explores how these agreements were reached, their consequences for the population of the respective areas,...

Geographical indication in agri-food and its role in the neoliberal global era : a theoretical analysis / Alessandro Bonanno -- Geographical indications out of context and in vogue : the awkward embrace of European heritage agricultural protections in Asia / Hart N. Feuer -- The impact of...

This article aims to expand on existing justifications for geographical indications (GIs) protection in a way that combines the economic and cultural dimensions of GIs-based proprietary claims in protecting traditional knowledge related resources. Conceptualized as tools for cultural protection...

Nowadays, the global competitive environment deals with the quality products so they can attract their consumers and also they can differentiate their products from others. A Geographical Indication (GI) is a name or sign used on products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or...

Building on developments at the national level, WIPO has played a key role in creating Geographical Indications (GIs) as a contemporary field of intellectual property (IP). Three main initiatives of WIPO have been influential in this regard. First, WIPO served as the forum for refining the GI...

Made in China 2025 (MIC 2025) is emblematic of China’s 21st century industrial policy. Substantial government-directed resources support private-sector efforts consistent with the plan, the heart of which is to acquire advanced technology. Industrial robots and plug-in electric vehicles are...

By taking firm heterogeneity in productivity into account in a monopolistic competition market in a general-equilibrium model setting, this paper investigates whether a stricter local content requirements (LCRs) can increase both productivity and production in the domestic intermediate-goods...

Although the differences between developed and developing countries have been extensively studied in the context of globalization strategies, few studies have so far been conducted on the relationship between country development status and the possession by countries of a favorable (or...