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This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to...
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China’s WTO accession offers a rare opportunity to observe multinationals’ response to changes in property rights in a … developing country. WTO accession reduced incentives for joint ventures while reducing constraints on wholly owned foreign … equity joint ventures and changes in registration type following China’s WTO accession, we find evidence consistent with the …
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Regulatory authorities face the challenge to strike a fair balance between the interests of consumers to ensure the safety of innovative foods and agricultural products and the interest of innovative businesses.Worldwide prior authorization schemes are applied. This contribution explores...
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The World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary andPhytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement) isa product of international efforts to blendtrade liberalization with standards of publichealth protection. One of the aims of theAgreement is to facilitate the pre-emption...
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At the WTO, the precautionary principle/approach is considered as a protectionary mechanism, i.e. and alleged … justification for potentially WTO-illegal trade restrictions. This article presents a survey of some pronouncements of the WTO … importation of living modified organisms such as seeds or GM commodities. On the other hand there is the Codex Alimentarius that …
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through stringent implementation of Codex and World Trade Organization (WTOs) Sanitary and Phytosanitary food safety … laid down by WTO such as goods manufacturing practices, good hygienic practice, hazard analysis critical control point, has … norms as per laid down principles by WTO. Originality/value – The present research work makes an important contribution to …
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for the purpose of overturning domestic policies on food or environmental safety, despite the fact that the WTO Panel or …
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