Unfair Trade

Author : Conor Woodman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446473016

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Unfair Trade by Conor Woodman Pdf

Many of our favourite brands now openly espouse 'ethical' credentials, so how is it that they can import billions of pounds' worth of goods from the developing world every year while leaving the people who produce them barely scraping a living? Are they being cynically opportunistic? Or is it that global commerce will always be incompatible with the eradication of poverty? And, if so, are charity and fair trade initiatives the only way forward? In Unfair Trade Conor Woodman travels the world - from Nicaragua to the Congo and from Laos to Afghanistan - to establish the truth. In the course of his journeys he uncovers some truly shocking stories about the way big business operates, but he also sees a way forward that could reconcile the apparently irreconcilable.

Author : MIRANDE. DE ASSIS VALBRUNE (RENEE. CARDELL, SUZANNE.),Renee de Assis,Suzanne Cardell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1680923021

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Business Law I Essentials by MIRANDE. DE ASSIS VALBRUNE (RENEE. CARDELL, SUZANNE.),Renee de Assis,Suzanne Cardell Pdf

A less-expensive grayscale paperback version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680923018. Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. The concepts are presented in a streamlined manner, and cover the key concepts necessary to establish a strong foundation in the subject. The textbook follows a traditional approach to the study of business law. Each chapter contains learning objectives, explanatory narrative and concepts, references for further reading, and end-of-chapter questions. Business Law I Essentials may need to be supplemented with additional content, cases, or related materials, and is offered as a foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches.

Author : Peter Van den Bossche,Denise Prévost
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107638938

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Essentials of WTO Law by Peter Van den Bossche,Denise Prévost Pdf

This concise and reader-friendly overview of WTO law is essential reading for anyone needing an introduction to this complex field.

Author : Gavin Fridell,Zack Gross,Sean McHugh
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773635088

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The Fair Trade Handbook by Gavin Fridell,Zack Gross,Sean McHugh Pdf

Framed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity, The Fair Trade Handbook presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between different viewpoints. Canadian researchers in particular have advanced a transformative vision of fair trade, rooted in the cooperative movement and arguing for a more central role for Southern farmers and workers. Contributors to this book look at the issues within global trade, and assess fair trade and how to make it more effective against the broader structures of the capitalist, colonialist, racist and patriarchal global economy. The debates and discussions are set within a critical development studies and critical political economy framework. However, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers, as it translates the key issues for a popular audience. Includes : A Lively Bean that Brightens Lives: A Graphic Story by Bill Barrett and Curt Shoultz

Author : Michael Casey
Publisher : Scribe Publications
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781922070173

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The Unfair Trade by Michael Casey Pdf

The Unfair Trade is a riveting exposé of the global financial system, whose flaws are the source of our economic malaise. More than ever before, our livelihoods are beholden to its imbalances and inequities, which have already taken down the economies of Iceland, Ireland, Spain, and Greece. With a combination of financial acumen and narrative-driven reporting, veteran Australian journalist Michael Casey brings a unique human angle to this worldwide phenomenon. He shows, for example, how high-wage 'fly in, fly out' workers and a real-estate bubble are both part of the two-speed Australian economy being distorted by its reliance on Chinese demand for its mineral resources. He illustrates how an American homeowner's life is shaped by the same economic and social policies that determine the working conditions of migrant workers in China. And he explains how the collapse of the factory system in northern Mexico has enabled drug cartels to recruit thousands of young men into their gangs. Casey shows that our economic problems are largely caused by political agendas that prevent the free market from encouraging fair competition. Until governments work together to make this trillion-dollar system more efficient — until China removes incentives for its citizens to save excessively, for example, or the US ends the de facto subsidies enjoyed by politically powerful banks — the global playing field will remain lopsided, job creation will lag, and our economies will be vulnerable to new crises.

Author : Bert Keirsbilck,Evelyne Terryn
Publisher : Intersentia
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1780689802

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Unfair Trading Practices Food Supply Chb by Bert Keirsbilck,Evelyne Terryn Pdf

There is a wide-spread consensus that UTPs occur throughout the food supply chain. Unfair trading practices (UTPs) can be defined as practices which grossly deviate from good commercial conduct, are contrary to good faith and fair dealing and are unilaterally imposed by one trading partner on its counterparty. Some Member States, such as France, Belgium and the UK, have already adopted legislation specifically prohibiting such practices (in the food and/or non-food supply chain). In addition, various self-regulatory initiatives exist.0In April 2019, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain. A Commission Proposal of April 2018 (COM(2018) 173 final) was substantially amended. To improve farmers? and small and medium sized businesses? position in the food supply chain, the Directive bans certain unfair trading practices including late payments for perishable food products; last minute order cancellations; unilateral changes to contracts; refusal to enter into a written contract; returning unsold or wasted products; payment for buyer?s marketing. Each Member State has to designate a competent authority to enforce these rules and these authorities must have the power to both launch investigations and fine operators who break the rules. The Member States now have two years to implement the Directive.00This book compiles the various papers presented at the ?2nd UTP Roundtable? organized by the CONSUMER COMPETITION MARKET (CCM) institute of the KU Leuven on 28 June 2018. It entails a critical analysis of the final text of the EU Directive, the current state of play and the different regulatory options at national level by 2021.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041169150

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Unfair Trading Practices by Anonim Pdf

"Unfair trading practices" is generally defined as consisting of deceptive, fraudulent, or otherwise injurious conduct, referring to practices that directly affect consumers or competitors. In business-to-consumer relationships, unfair trading practices may involve misleading claims and advertising, conditional selling, excessive pricing, discriminatory pricing, and other misrepresentations. In business-to-business relationships, the prohibited conduct may be trade mark infringement, misappropriation, false advertising, bait-and-switch sales tactics, unauthorized substitution of brands of goods, use of confidential information by a former employee to solicit customers, theft of trade secrets, breach of a restrictive covenant, trade libel, and false representation of products or services. In this edition of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, practicing lawyers from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union examine unfair trading practices in their respective jurisdictions.

Author : Ash Ali,Hasan Kubba
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781250280534

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The Unfair Advantage by Ash Ali,Hasan Kubba Pdf

The winner of the UK's Business Book of the Year Award for 2021, this is a groundbreaking exposé of the myths behind startup success and a blueprint for harnessing the things that really matter. What is the difference between a startup that makes it, and one that crashes and burns? Behind every story of success is an unfair advantage. But an Unfair Advantage is not just about your parents' wealth or who you know: anyone can have one. An Unfair Advantage is the element that gives you an edge over your competition. This groundbreaking book shows how to identify your own Unfair Advantages and apply them to any project. Drawing on over two decades of hands-on experience, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba offer a unique framework for assessing your external circumstances in addition to your internal strengths. Hard work and grit aren't enough, so they explore the importance of money, intelligence, location, education, expertise, status, and luck in the journey to success. From starting your company, to gaining traction, raising funds, and growth hacking, The Unfair Advantage helps you look at yourself and find the ingredients you didn't realize you already had, to succeed in the cut-throat world of business.

Author : Pietro S. Nivola
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 081572036X

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Regulating Unfair Trade by Pietro S. Nivola Pdf

In the early 1980s, American complaints about unfair trade practices began to intensify. Sunrise industries, such as manufacturers of semiconductors and telecommunications equipment, joined older complainants, including steel and textile producers, in seeking more safeguards against international competitors who priced their products too aggressively or whose governments subsidized exports or protected home markets. In this politically charged atmosphere, the U.S. government has devised increasingly stringent regulatory programs to address the claimed abuses and distortions. In this book, Pietro Nivola examines the strenuous effort to combat the objectionable trading practices of other countries. Through most of the postwar period, Nivola notes, policymakers had deemed it in the nation's economic and strategic interests to tolerate asymmetries and infractions in the international trading order. But that tolerance has been sharply lowered by heightened sensitivity to inequities, and a growing conviction that government should intervene, frequently and forcefully, to ensure a "level playing field." The book maintains that foreign protectionism lower East-West tensions, and alleged American decline in the face of international competition cannot fully explain the stiffening regulation of unfair trade. The world trading system, Nivola contends, is not more restrictive now than it was earlier. Cries about foreign commercial transgressions in recent years have remained shrill despite a formidable U.S. export boom and an improved current account valance. Much of the U.S. regulatory activity has acquired a political momentum of its own. The activity has increased not just because global competitive pressures have generally intensified but because we have developed more ways and inducement to complain about those pressures. Nivola cautions that trade regulations now bears too much of the burden for ameliorating economic imbalances and deficiencies. The tendency adds to a sense of frustration that fuels demands for additional regulations. While recognizing the need for an explicit and responsible trade policy, Nivola concludes that such a policy must be based, first and foremost, on realistic expectations. Trade actions need to compliment, not subordinate, a more basic agenda: improvement in the national rates of saving and investment, better preparation of the work force, control of runaway health care costs, less litigation, and more regulatory reform—all of which are likely to be far more consequential for the nation's long-term competitiveness and living standards.

Author : Glen E. Weston,Peter B. Maggs,Roger E. Schechter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044540222

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Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection by Glen E. Weston,Peter B. Maggs,Roger E. Schechter Pdf

Author : Charles R. McManis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Law
ISBN : UCAL:B4461051

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Unfair Trade Practices in a Nutshell by Charles R. McManis Pdf

Law of Unfair Trade Practices; Interference With Pre-Contractual and Non-Contractual Relations; Interference with Contractual Relations; Use of Similar Trademarks and Trade Names; Product Substitution or Alteration; Appropriation of Publicly Disclosed Trade Values; Appropriation of Non-Publicly Disclosed Trade Values; Injurious Promotional Practices; Injurious Pricing Practices.

Author : Cristina Coteanu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351946575

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Cyber Consumer Law and Unfair Trading Practices by Cristina Coteanu Pdf

Of great interest to practitioners, policymakers and academics - as well as to consumers and traders in general - this timely work addresses all important legal and practical issues that arise in connection with online trading. This important work outlines the existing legislation and legal jurisprudence in the EU and the US and exposes the potential for unfair commercial practices to arise from online contracts, electronic agents, disclosure of information, online advertising and online dispute resolution in cross-border transactions. The continuing prevalence of unfair commercial practices will ensure this book remains in great demand.

Author : Jacques Morisset
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Commercial products
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Unfair Trade? by Jacques Morisset Pdf

Author : Mitsuo Matsushita,Thomas J. Schoenbaum,Petros C. Mavroidis,Michael Hahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199571857

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The World Trade Organization by Mitsuo Matsushita,Thomas J. Schoenbaum,Petros C. Mavroidis,Michael Hahn Pdf

This is a comprehensive overview of the law and practice of the World Trade Organization. It begins with the institutional law of the WTO, moving eventually to the consequences of globalization. New chapters on Trade in Agriculture and on Government Procurement and Trade.

Author : Charles R. MacManis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:715157093

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The Law of Unfair Trade Practices in a Nutshell by Charles R. MacManis Pdf