The complex nature of Indonesia's export and import policies has led to a lot of challenges in the past. The Neraca Komoditas (NK) scheme might be the solution to address the complicated flow of export-import demand. However, the centralized data distribution and the plan to further expand the...

The complex nature of Indonesia's export and import policies has led to a lot of challenges in the past. The Neraca Komoditas (NK) scheme might be the solution to address the complicated flow of export-import demand. However, the centralized data distribution and the plan to further expand the...

"This book tells a new, unconventional story of the nexus between international trade and environmental law - a story in which the keyword is synergy rather than conflict, and where the trade regime was always meant for something greater than simply trade liberalization. This book intends to...

"This book showcases how the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been utilizing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to reshape the global order. Dissecting China's increasingly assertive international behaviour, the book demonstrates how the PRC projects its self-perception onto the...

Political economy and international institutions -- Trade and domestic law -- Dispute settlement -- Trade rights enforcement through national law -- Trade in goods : customs and tariff law -- Core obligations of the WTO : most-favored-nation and national treatment -- Market access and non-tariff...

"Three years have passed since the publication of the fourth edition of this book. During this time, the world of international trade law and policy has changed beyond recognition. In these times of populist anti-globalism, economic nationalism, trade protectionism and superpower geopolitical...

The case of China's non-market economy treatment at the WTO might be the typical case where (economic) reality outdoes (legal) theory or, perhaps, expectations. By 2001, when the WTO let China in, its Protocol of Accession (PoA) included special trade remedies provisions regarding China's...

Free trade law can be approached in its contemporary form through the multilateral scene provided by the WTO or bilateral agreements, such as the recent CETA. These different conventional and institutional frameworks are intended to promote and secure international trade. Their purpose is...

This draft article is forthcoming in the Journal of World Investment & Trade. The article examines the historical experience with and understanding of plurilateral trade agreements throughout the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and World Trade Organization (WTO) to better...

Introduction: The Centrality of Regulation to Trade Politics -- How Regulations Became the Crux of Trade Politics -- Competitiveness and Death: Explaining the Negotiations over Regulatory Trade Barriers -- Automobiles and Regulatory Regionalism in North America and Europe -- Mad-Cow Regulations...

This paper examines intellectual property litigation as a method of protection from patent-infringing imports. Claims against patent-infringing imports entering the United States may be filed before the International Trade Commission (ITC) or in district court. The ITC applies injunctions...

Comprised of 10 self-contained chapters, International Trade Law will provide readers with an understanding of the international legal framework in which trade between nations takes place. The authors detail the aims and historical development of intergovernmental and private systems of...

Introduction -- Thesis detailed -- Transparency -- Concepts -- Goals and outcomes -- Membership -- More members? -- Logic -- Traditional agricultural market access -- Traditional industrial market access -- Non-traditional market access -- Exposing the forgotten chapter -- Copyright battles --...

The concept of Farmers’ Rights recognized the role of farmers as custodians of biodiversity and helped to draw attention to the need to preserve practices that are essential for sustainable agriculture. This paper examines one particular aspect of such rights, perhaps the most controversial....

The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more "technical" and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO). Innovative biological drugs, which have been...

The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more "technical" and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO). Innovative biological drugs, which have been...

The enactment of the Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act ("Bill C-55") caused a furor in the trade relationship between Canada and the United States. Bill C-55 effectively prohibits foreign publishers from selling advertising in Canada. In effect, Bill C-55 is enacted to curtail the...

The U.S. antidumping law suffers from a series of defects in its implementation, resulting in the unwarranted finding of illegal predatory pricing by foreign companies. In light of the existing technical flaws outlined in this Article, it is clear that the U.S. antidumping law is merely a form...

Experience shows that although certain notions like the norms and rules established by the World Trade Organization (WTO) are still being perceived as something abstract and metaphorical by many participants of foreign economic activity, these norms and rules have already been actively used in...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. James Brander and Paul Krugman (1983), 'A "Reciprocal Dumping" Model of International Trade', Journal of International Economics, 15 (3-4), November, 313-21 -- 2. Wilfred J. Ethier (1982), 'Dumping', Journal of Political Economy, 90 (3), June, 487-506...

The World Trade Organization's international trade agreements : the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade : structure and commentary -- The World Trade Organization's international trade agreements : a synopsis of the other multilateral and the plurilateral agreements -- The scope for...

Machine generated contents note: Part I: Introduction and Overview, David Trubek, Chantal Thomas and Alvaro Santos; Part II: Rethinking the Political Economy of Trade: Comments on Dani Rodrik's 'Straight Talk on Trade', Chantal Thomas, Kevin P. Gallagher, Gregory Shaffer, Alvaro Santos and Dani...

This paper provides an overview of the Philippines' defensive and offensive interests in a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union in the areas of Competition Policy, Government Procurement, Intellectual Property Rights, Dispute Settlement and Trade Remedies. It examines these interests in...

East Asian WTO Members -- China, Japan and Korea -- have always been the key players for the development of the WTO trade remedy system, initially as major targets of trade remedy measures but recently also as important users of such measures. This article reviews the current situations of East...

As a new international economic policy, microtrade will face a whole host of issues, including potential legal cultural obstacles. Those legal cultural issues will arise as a result of the different and sometimes conflicting legal cultures of the varied participants within the different fora and...