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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Multilateral trading system"”.
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How can the global food security challenges be addressed in a multilateral trading system?
… expectations remain global goals. In the multilateral trading system (MTS) they can only be met through cooperation among countries in the form of international trade. Yet a number of trade-related incidents have eroded confidence in the capacity of the MTS to address food security issues. …
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The position of the emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), in the further development of the multilateral trading system.
… following the 1971 failure of the Bretton Woods system of fixed international exchange rates, in terms of which exchange rates were tied to the price of gold, and the 1973 oil crisis, the need for a well co-ordinated multilateral trading system at the highest level became evident.2 As a result, …
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The position of the emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), in the further development of the multilateral trading system
… to the domination of developed countries in the multilateral trading system. In order to effectively explore the role of BRICS in the further development of the multilateral trading system, this research poses the following questions: 1- What is the legal and institutional framework of the BRICS …
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Essays on International Trade Agreements Under Monopolistic Competition
… history of domestic policy coordination in the multilateral trading system. Relative to perfect competition, imperfect competition gives rise to new cross-border concerns that governments do not internalize when setting both trade policy and domestic policy. An open question is whether these …
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Protecting the environment using the GATT Article XX: chasing shadows
… trade liberalisation which is one of the current multilateral trading system's main instruments for economic growth. The debate on how this can be achieved has been going on for some time and has mainly been around the use of Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to protect the …
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Digital trade and development: A way forward for Africa at a continental and multilateral level
… has been at the forefront of negotiations at the multilateral level and within regions of Africa. While developing economies do not typically reap the benefits of digital progression, this paper proposes that digital trade can be developed in such a way so as to prioritise the developmental …
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The impact of SADC regionalisation on intra-SADC trade
… earth, they have been engaging in some form of trading. As the world evolved through civilisation, countries continued to exchange goods and services across borders. Goods and services can be exchanged for a price between two countries, a few countries in a region, countries in a continent and …
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Legal challenges for developing countries exports of agricultural food products to the EU
… (WTO) objective of a “fairer and more open multilateral trading system” between the WTO member countries.<br/><br/>The EU post-colonial history with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries has also influenced the rules enforced by the EU for the import of certain agricultural …
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The legality of Botswana's import bans under the SACU agreement of 2002: an analysis of the SACU agreement's trade liberalization framework
… trade law. The overarching objective of the multilateral trading system is to achieve freer trade. However, in recent years, the Government of Botswana has introduced and implemented a series of import bans mainly on agricultural products from SACU member states. These bans have been reasoned …
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From OAU To AFCTA - Analysing The Prospects For Economic Development In Africa
… agreement which led to the WTO governed multilateral trading system. Today the top trading partners of African Union member States are non-African countries. Only twenty per cent of Africa’s total trade is with its continental neighbours, whereas an estimated eighty per cent of its trade …
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The three faces of international antitrust, and the paradox for international merger control
… the national rules, bilateral agreements, and multilateral initiatives that attempt to fill the vacuum created by the failure to agree upon international antitrust rules. The ‘stillborn’ International Trade Organisation (ITO) would have integrated international antitrust rules into the …
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Procedural environmental rights in regional trade agreements: trends, policy drivers and the case for multilateralisation within the World Trade Organization
… Nation (MFN) principle of non-discrimination. Multilateral negotiations within the WTO system have, therefore, been complemented by regionalism. Both trends have come to apparently coexist in the international trading system, raising important questions as to the future of the multilateral …
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Opportunity costs of trade-related capacity development in Sub-Saharan Africa
… core element of the development dimension of the multilateral trading system and commitments were set out in those areas. The extentof trade-related technical assistance and capacity building to help developing and least developed countries participate more efficiently in international trade has …
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The impact of the Bali agreement on the Doha round stalemate with particular reference to the interests of developing and least developed countries
The problem that this Research Paper is aiming to examine is whether the Bali Agreement has successfully impacted on the consensus pitfalls and the Doha Round stalemate as shown in the background to the study.