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Materials dependencies for dual-use technologies relevant to Europe's defence sector : background report

Blagoeva, D. (contributor); Pavel, C. (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2020

In order to support the European Commission in the preparation of future initiatives fostering the sustainability of strategic supply chains, this study was commissioned to assess bottlenecks in the supply of materials needed for the development of technologies important to Europe's defence and...

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Export Restrictions in Times of Pandemic : Options and Limits under International Trade Agreements

Pauwelyn, Joost - 2020

“Trade saves lives” could have been the headline. COVID-19 hit so hard, quickly and across so many nations at the same time, that many countries not only rushed to produce and import, but also imposed export restrictions on protective masks, ventilators and other products they were running...

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Who Is Responsible in the International Arms Trade? Measuring Human Rights Concerns in Arms Transfers

Fracalossi de Moraes, Rodrigo - 2020

This paper proposes an index to measure the extent to which governments authorize arms transfers to places in which human rights are violated. Levels of democracy in the purchasing country are used as a proxy for that country's degree of respect for human rights. The paper then applies this...

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Export Controls : America’s Other National Security Threat

Bown, Chad P. - 2020

redistribute economic well-being across countries, even from one ally to another. This paper describes how US export control policy … protect national security. With the potential for US export control policy to brush up more frequently against WTO rules … trade disputes. Overall, a US failure to strike the right balance for its export control policy would result in it being …

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Covid-19 and Food Protectionism : The Impact of the Pandemic and Export Restrictions on World Food Markets

Espitia, Alvaro - 2020

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more affected through workers' morbidity and containment...

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How the United States marched the semiconductor industry into its trade war with China

Bown, Chad P. - Peterson Institute for International Economics - 2020

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Export Restrictions : A Negative-Sum Policy Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2020

Many countries, including China, European member states, the European Union, India and the United States have put in place measures to restrict exports of medical products as part of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is to allocate domestic supplies to national healthcare...

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Export Restrictions During Global Health Crises : The International Community Can and Must do Better

Puccio, Laura; Sapir, Andre - 2020

COVID-19 represents one of the biggest pandemic faced by humanity in recent times, spreading to almost all countries and territories on all continents. Because it spread so suddenly and quickly, COVID-19 produced an unparalleled increase in demand in personal protective equipment, medical...

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Can Export Restrictions Be Deterred?

Pelc, Krzysztof - 2020

The COVID-19 global health pandemic has led some 75 countries to restrict their exports of hundreds of products, ranging from antibiotics and face masks to medical ventilators. The cost of these measures, which lead to global shortages, will be counted in human lives. Yet the multilateral trade...

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Trade shocks and Philippine rice imports amidst SARS-CoV-2

Pascua, Gerald Gracius Y. - 2020

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