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This paper reviews alleged societal benefits and costs of International Investment Agreements (IIAs) as suggested by academia, governments, business and civil society. It sets out the wide range of issues that diverse actors have proposed in the context of assessing the societal benefits and...
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examines the U.S. policy of negotiating bilaterally with developing countries as opposed to multilaterally in the world trade … agreements by the World Trade Organization to ensure a higher degree of fairness …
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multilateralism and switch to the bilateral regulation of international trade between the two major economic blocs of the world … characteristics of this bilateral segment of world trade, provide a general examination of the trade relations between the EU and US …
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We use recent developments in the empirics of comparative case studies to analyze the effect of binding emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol on the development of CO2 emissions of seven major Annex B countries. In particular, we investigate whether committing to a specific greenhouse gas...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a number of strategies to combat non-communicable diseases such as … imposed on Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In this article, we demonstrate that WTO rules do limit Members …
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This article investigates new paths for achieving a binding treaty on emission stabilization. Because industry support for US participation in such an agreement is essential, an empirical analysis of lobbying expenditures during Congress’s last attempt to pass emission-restricting legislation...
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In 2016, the World Bank formally implemented a massive reform of the guidance it applies to procurements conducted … under World Bank-financed projects. Because of the prominent role that the World Bank plays in shaping procurement policy …, the Bank’s procurement reforms have had a profound impact on procurement in many countries around the world. This piece, a …
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completed, and it shows where the ‘development promises' of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World …
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This article examines how golden shares constitute an effective investment screening mechanism for the protection of EU strategic privatized companies from dubious and hostile foreign direct investments during the COVID-19 crisis. This investment screening is essential in order to secure that a...
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The beginning of the twenty-first century saw an apparent change in language in public discourses characterised by the rise of so-called “essentially oxymoronic concepts”, i.e., mainly oxymora and paradoxes. In earlier times, these rhetorical figures of speech were largely reserved for the...
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