Search Results - subject:"Multilateral Trading System"

Human Rights and the Changing Normative Ideologies of International Trade : Critical Perspectives on the 2003 Cancún WTO Ministerial Conference

DONGMO, Christophe - 2021

The 2003 WTO Fifth Ministerial Conference was one of the most important due to the various issues discussed that could likely influence various countries and their economic futures. Supposed to redress international trade imbalances, the event, however, ended dramatically failing to come to any...

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Liberalization in China'S Key Service Sectors Following WTO Accession : Some Scenarios and Issues of Measurement

Whalley, John - 2021

This paper documents and assesses the significance of the policy changes in China that WTO accession implies in 3 key service categories (banking, insurance, and telecoms), asking whether it is likely they will really be fully implemented in their entirety as undertaken at signature in 2002....

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Reciprocity, Non-Discrimination and Preferential Agreements in the Multilateral Trading System

Bagwell, Kyle; Staiger, Robert W. - 2021

multilateral trading system. We also consider within our framework the implications of preferential agreements for the multilateral … member governments. We do find a limited place for customs unions in the multilateral trading system, provided that the … trading system. The introduction of free trade agreements com- plicates the way in which externalities are transmitted across …

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The Role of Transnational Legal Process in Enforcing WTO Law and Competition Policy

Shen, Weimin - 2021

This Article creates a paradigm for future studies of the role of Transnational Legal Process in the field of the interface between trade and competition policy to enhance a legal-based trade relationship between countries. It suggests that essential synergies that exist between trade and...

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Subsidizing Technology Competition : China’s Evolving Practices and International Trade Regulation

Zhou, Weihuan; Fang, Mandy Meng - 2021

This article contributes to the growing debate about industrial policies and subsidies, the adequacy of the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and future international negotiations of industrial subsidies, using China’s practices in the high-tech sector as an illustration. Through a...

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AI Regulation in the European Union and Trade Law : How Can Accountability of AI and a High Level of Consumer Protection Prevail over a Trade Discipline on Source Code?

Irion, Kristina - 2021

Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications can bring many benefits for consumers, as well as influence consumer behaviour and the choices they make. On a large scale AI can profoundly transform consumer markets by, for example, enabling fully personalised consumer transactions on a...

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The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement & Its Implementation by the WTO members, in Particular the EU

Loghin, Carla - 2021

The link between capacity building and implementation as the compromise reached between developed, less developed or developing countries is underlined through nine years of negotiations. The Trade Facilitation Agreement might have come as an ‘early harvest’ for some authors, to revive the...

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The Role of the WTO in Competition Law

Aditya, Ishaan - 2021

This essay argues why, although an international competition policy may throw up certain benefits, the WTO is not an appropriate forum for such a globally binding competition policy. Given the complexity in dealing with multiple competition regimes in an increasingly globalised world of...

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The Modus Operandi of International Trade Law Rules : A Critical Overview

Islam, Mohammad Towhidul - 2021

This article tends to draw out the working procedures of international trade rules regarding trade contract that gets executed between parties located in two different countries. While doing so, the article analyses the existing trade rules and practices, examines their suitability in the...

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What is the Current Formal Legal Environment for Foreign Companies in China in the Light of the Phase 1 Trade Agreement? Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Protections for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Mainland China

Lyu, Meilin - 2021

This thesis employs doctrinal legal analysis method by using laws, regulations and legal theories, to evaluate the current protections of intellectual property rights for foreign investors in mainland China. In this thesis, it compares the current Chinese laws and regulations on intellectual...

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