World Trade And Local Public Interest

Author : Csongor István Nagy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030419202

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World Trade and Local Public Interest by Csongor István Nagy Pdf

Trade liberalization has shaped international economic relations since the conclusion of the GATT 1947. The last few decades have seen a significant shift in the focus of this process: multilateralism seems to have reached its limits, giving way to regionalism, and the focus of trade liberalization has shifted to non-tariff barriers. While these developments have attracted considerable attention, exploring them from comparative perspectives has been largely neglected. Trading systems – the WTO, regional economic integrations and federal systems – are all based on the same dichotomy of free trade and local public interest: they generally prohibit the constituent parties (states) from restricting trade, but exempt them from this limitation if the restriction is warranted by a legitimate local end. The purpose of this volume is to contribute to filling the above-mentioned research gap by exploring central issues in regional economic integrations from a comparative perspective. It provides a general economic analysis of the costs and benefits of trade liberalization and the role and function of normative values in commercial policy. This is followed by a comparative analysis of the approaches used in various regional economic integrations (in North America, Europe and Latin America) and federal markets (the United States, Australia and India) regarding the balance between free trade and local public interest. Key issues in investment law, one of the most contentious elements of next-generation free trade agreements, are also addressed.

Author : Debra P. Steger
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554581745

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Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century by Debra P. Steger Pdf

Two high-level commissions—the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007—addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, participation by non-governmental organizations and civil society, and relationships with regional trade agreements. Co-published with the International Development Research Centre and the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : Claude E. Barfield
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822031581176

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Free Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy by Claude E. Barfield Pdf

A penetrating look at major challenges to the World Trade Organization and the future of trade liberalization. It also shows how the WTO is moving in a direction at odds with basic democratic principles. The author closes his analysis with some policy recommendations.

Author : Arne Melchior
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319928340

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Free Trade Agreements and Globalisation by Arne Melchior Pdf

This book analyses the fast spread of free trade agreements (FTAs) across the globe, their content and their economic impact. In the wake of Brexit and the new protectionism of President Trump, Melchior offers a timely assessment of key issues relating to FTAs. Dividing the world into seven major regions, he analyses world trade, the globalisation of FTAs and their role within and between the regions. Using a new world trade model, he then presents new evidence on the impact of trade agreements, the value of trade, the impact of China’s growth and the West’s industrial decline, and the role of reciprocity in trade policy. Covering rich and poor countries, commodity exporters and all of the world’s regions, he offers new and original insights about a number of pertinent issues facing today’s world.

Author : Adil Najam,Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz,Mark Halle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:316663457

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Trade and Environment by Adil Najam,Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz,Mark Halle Pdf

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCBK:C107411463

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Most-favoured-nation Treatment by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Pdf

The publication contains an explanation of Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment and some of the key issues that arise in its negotiation, particularly the scope and application of MFN treatment to the liberalization and protection of foreign investors in recent treaty practice. The paper provides policy options as regards the traditional application of MFN treatment and identifies reactions by States to the unexpected broad use of MFN treatment, and provides several drafting options, such as specifying or narrowing down the scope of application of MFN treatment to certain types of activities, clarifying the nature of "treatment" under the IIA, clarifying the comparison that an arbitral tribunal needs to undertake as well as a qualification of the comparison "in like circumstances" or excluding its use in investor-State cases.

Author : Pierre Sauve,Aaditya Mattoo
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821383438

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Domestic Regulation and Service Trade Liberalization by Pierre Sauve,Aaditya Mattoo Pdf

Trade in services, far more than trade in goods, is affected by a variety of domestic regulations, ranging from qualification and licensing requirements in professional services to pro-competitive regulation in telecommunications services. Experience shows that the quality of regulation strongly influences the consequences of trade liberalization. WTO members have agreed that a central task in the ongoing services negotiations will be to develop a set of rules to ensure that domestic regulations support rather than impede trade liberalization. Since these rules are bound to have a profound impact on the evolution of policy, particularly in developing countries, it is important that they be conducive to economically rational policy-making. This book addresses two central questions: What impact can international trade rules on services have on the exercise of domestic regulatory sovereignty? And how can services negotiations be harnessed to promote and consolidate domestic policy reform across highly diverse sectors? The book, with contributions from several of the world's leading experts in the field, explores a range of rule-making challenges arising at this policy interface, in areas such as transparency, standards and the adoption of a necessity test for services trade. Contributions also provide an in-depth look at these issues in the key areas of accountancy, energy, finance, health, telecommunications and transportation services.

Author : Thomas Cottier,Petros C. Mavroidis
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472111000

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Regulatory Barriers and the Principle of Non-discrimination in World Trade Law by Thomas Cottier,Petros C. Mavroidis Pdf

Papers presented at the second annual World Trade Forum Conference held in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on August 28-29, 1998.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Trade Organization
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Commercial policy
ISBN : 9789287034953

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Understanding the WTO by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000058160275

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The Future of the World Trade Organization by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade Pdf

Author : Max Rashbrooke
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781988545059

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Government for the Public Good by Max Rashbrooke Pdf

In a time of global political ferment, established ideas are coming under renewed scrutiny. Chief among them is one of the dominant notions of our era: that we should entrust markets with many of the tasks previously carried out by government. In this wide-ranging book, Max Rashbrooke goes beyond anecdote and partisanship, delving deep into the latest research about the sweeping changes made to the public services that shape our collective lives. What he unearths is startling: it challenges established thinking on the effectiveness of market-based reforms and charts a new form of ‘deep’ democracy for the twenty-first century. Refreshing and far-sighted, this stimulating book offers New Zealanders a new way of thinking about government and how it can navigate the turbulent world ahead. The market is often not the solution to our problems. Markets have often been the problem. Max Rashbrooke makes the convincing case for models of government that work better, as well as those to be more wary of. Greater democracy can bring with it greater equality - but, Rashbrooke warns, democracy itself is imperilled by our current levels of inequality. Fast paced, globally informed and wittily written. – Professor Danny Dorling, Oxford University This book provides a wide range of excellent evidence-based arguments that help counter the oft-dominant small-government ideology of our times. Its defence of democracy, government and voter competence is a story that needs to be told more. – Laura O'Connell Rapira, Director of ActionStation

Author : Annette Kur
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781849809580

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Intellectual Property Rights in a Fair World Trade System by Annette Kur Pdf

Intellectual Property law (IP) - particularly in relation to international trade regimes - is increasingly finding itself challenged by rapid developments in the technological and global economic landscapes. In its attempt to maintain a responsive legislative system that is interacting successfully with global trade rules, IP is having to respond to an increasing number of actors on an international level. This book examines the problems associated with this undertaking as well as suggesting possible revisions to the TRIPS agreement that would make it more relevant to the environment in which today's IP mechanisms are operating. The overall aim is to find an adequate response to the 'IP balance dilemma'. The theme is pursued throughout various topics, including a look at what this means in relation to economy in a country like China, and also considering how IP is increasingly having to reconcile itself with human rights issues.

Author : R. V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : 8131710270

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Public Policymaking in India by R. V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar Pdf

Public Policymaking in India integrates various elements of the policymaking process that have, till date, been dealt with separately. These include interest group politics, the role of the media, judicial policymaking, and policy entrepreneurship by civil society groups. Policymaking is no longer a privileged activity of the government: As the boundary between the government and the "outside" has become more porous, the power of non-state policy actors outside the government has increased enormously. The author points to the ways in which the policymaker can cope with this brave new world of policymaking. He also grounds the theory of policymaking in concrete examples of the Green Revolution, economic reforms, patent law amendments, regulation of private educational institutions, and laying down of standards for cola drinks, thereby facilitating easy comprehension and retention of concepts

Author : Aaditya Mattoo,Robert M. Stern,Robert Mitchell Stern,Gianni Zanini
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199235216

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A Handbook of International Trade in Services by Aaditya Mattoo,Robert M. Stern,Robert Mitchell Stern,Gianni Zanini Pdf

This title provides a comprehensive introduction to the key issues in trade and liberalization of services. Providing a useful overview of the players involved, the barriers to trade, and case studies in a number of service industries, this is ideal for policymakers and students interested in trade.

Author : John Atkinson Hobson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Commerce
ISBN : UOM:39015055274677

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International Trade by John Atkinson Hobson Pdf