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Regional economic cooperation in the Western Balkans : the role of stabilisation and association agreements, bilateral investment treaties and free trade agreements in regional investment and trade flows

Grieveson, Richard; Holzner, Mario; Vukšić, Goran - 2020

In this report we present the results of our econometric investigation of the role of (1) stabilisation and association agreements (SAAs), (2) bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and (3) free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Western Balkans and their impact on the region's inward foreign direct...

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Special issue: International investment arbitration in Southeast Asia : an introduction

Nottage, Luke; Sakda Thanitcul - In: The journal of world investment & trade : law, … 18 (2017) 5/6, pp. 767-792

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Attracting FDI Through BITs and RTAs : Does Treaty Content Matter?

Berger, Axel - 2012

It may appear all too obvious that the extent to which foreign direct investment (FDI) is attracted by bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and regional trade agreements (RTAs) depends on the strength of key investment provisions. Still, BITs and RTAs have typically been treated as black boxes...

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Greening regional trade agreements on investment

Yamaguchi, Shunta - 2020

Many governments are increasingly recognising the need to ensure that trade and investment agreements reflect environmental concerns to help achieve overarching environmental goals and to increase their public acceptability. In particular, investment liberalisation and protection, as well as...

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Is technical assistance under free trade agreements WTO-plus? : a review of Japan-ASEAN economic partnership agreements

Yamanaka, Shintarō - 2011

have not been thoroughly conducted. This paper presents a detailed textual analysis of World Trade Organization (WTO …) Agreements and several FTAs in Asia, and identifies how much additional technical assistance developing member countries can …

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Regional economic integration and multilateralism : the case of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA and the Malaysia-New Zealand FTA

Vitalis, Vangelis - 2015

trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …

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Responding to the Global Financial Crisis : The Evolution of Asian Regionalism and Economic Globalization

Chin, Gregory T. - 2012

freefall at the world level, there emerged a second order response at the level of regional institutional building …

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SDG 12 : ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Arcuri, Alessandra; Pariti, Enrico - 2021

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The Global Financial Crisis and Regional Trade Agreements

Park, Clara - 2019

This article argues that the global financial crisis has weakened institutional support for financial liberalization in regional trade agreements and increased transaction costs in the financial services sector. Due to the lack of cooperation among international economic organizations, regional...

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Regionalism within Multilateralism : WTO Review Mechanisms for RTAs

Shadikhodjaev, Sherzod - 2014

Given different legal regimes which govern the global and regional trading systems, the WTO as such cannot stop the proliferation of RTAs. Nevertheless, the WTO can oversee them through its political and judicial review procedures. Notably, Article XXIV of the GATT, Article V of the GATS and the...

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