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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"WTO Law"”.
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Input and Output Legitimacy in WTO Law
… an analysis of the complex relationship between law and legitimacy in the WTO. It focuses on the notional dichotomy between ‘Member-driven’ (input-based) and ‘results-oriented’ (output-based) narratives of the WTO’s legitimacy, and how such narratives are both framed by, and reflected in, WTO …
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Applicability of WTO Law in the European Union
… in Financial Services in Part IV. The WTO came into effect on 1 January 1995 and has 134 Members presently.
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Sustainability and biofuels: Reconciling social and environmental criteria with WTO law
… sustainability criteria in the context of the law of the World Trade Organization (’WTO’). The criteria were introduced as part of the 2009 EU Renewable Energy and Fuel Quality Directives. There has been no dispute; however, uncertainty about the criteria’s WTO-compatibility has inspired a …
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UNILATERAL TRADE-RELATED CLIMATE MITIGATION MEASURES AND WTO LAW: A SYSTEMIC PERSPECTIVE
… by the Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has seen a notable increase in recent years. However, due to their trade-distortive/trade-restrictive effects, some of these measures have proven to be problematic to implement under WTO law and to create issues under international law. In …
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Figments of Fragmentation in International Trade Law: Examining the Systemic Interaction between WTO Law and Regional Trade Agreements
… to the multilateral World Trade Organization (WTO) system. This dissertation re-evaluates this assumption by examining the interaction between WTO law and the RTA network. Focusing on the role of norms, institutions, and legal processes, it shows how this interaction has led to the development …
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Whether the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) agreement satisfies the requirements for ‘legality' under the applicable WTO law governing regional trade agreements (RTAS)
… and alongside the World Trade Organisation (the WTO), which is the umbrella body for international trade. The WTO allows for the creation of RTAs; however, this is subject to certain conditions which are enshrined in the WTO legal framework. These conditions are contained in Article XXIV of the …
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Freedom of Transit and Pipeline Gas : Can The World Trade Organization Provide a Viable Legal Framework for the Development of an International Gas Market?
… and, if so, how these rights are regulated by WTO rules relevant to transit, including: GATT Article V:2 (first and second sentences) establishing the principles of freedom of transit and non-discrimination, the ‘non-violation complaint’ provision under GATT Article XXIII:1(b), and the GATS. …
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LA RISOLUZIONE DEI CONFLITTI TRA TRATTATI: METODI TRADIZIONALI ALLA PROVA DEI REGIMI AUTONOMI
… between autonomous regimes of international law. The analysis starts from the observation that, with the expansion and specialization of international law, traditional types of conflict between conventional provisions have been replaced by a new type of treaty antinomy: between autonomous …
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Can port state measures taken against RMFO partners be reconciled with international trade law? a critical analysis of the EU shared stocks regulation in light of the herring dispute
… RFMO partners for non-compliance with RMFO laws, as RFMOs are generally set up to conserve straddling fish stocks. This Regulation was promulgated in line with a number of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) such as UNCLOS and the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA). The …
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Trade and the environment : the legality of unilateral measures with extraterritorial effect to protect the environment under the WTO/GATT
The preamble of the Agreement establishing the WTO, the so called Marrakesh Agreement, points out the general significance of environmental protection and sustainable development. The WTO law contains several provisions concerning the environment. However, it is not yet finally clarified in how far …
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Non-product related environmental process and production methods (NPR-PPMs): a view from international trade law and international environmental governance
… with the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). However, the issue remains untouched by WTO adjudicatory bodies. One can suggest that WTO adjudicatory bodies may want to leave this issue to the Members, but the analysis of the case law also seems to indicate that the question of legality of …
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The International Responsibility of the European Union in International Economic Law
The International Law Commission’s Draft articles on the international responsibility of organizations (DARIO) do not distribute international responsibility between the EU and its Member States. The DARIO framework determines whether a particular entity is internationally responsible. …
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"Quota Measures" and "Trade-Related Investment Measures" in Oil and Gas Regulation: Reconciling Normative Conflicts between Energy-focused Regimes and WTO Rules on Energy
… But the complex relationships between national laws, institutional norms, and the multilateral trading regime regulating energy presents an ideological ‘conflict in applicable law’. They reveal a conflict between regulatory privileges enshrined in energy resource-focused institutions namely: …
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Would Harmonizing Preferential Rules of Origin Aid Trade Liberalization?
Rules of origin are those laws and regulations that are applied to determine the country of origin of goods. Upon the importation of a product, each country applies its own rules of origin to determine the origin of the product. Such origin rules are known as “non-preferential rules of origin”. …
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PHARMACEUTICAL PATENTS AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES IN GLOBAL PANDEMICS. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OR MUTUALLY REINFORCING? A POST COVID-19 INQUIRY INTO THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
La pandemia di COVID-19 ha colpito il mondo nel 2020, causando una crisi sanitaria ed economica senza precedenti. Le profonde disuguaglianze che hanno caratterizzato la distribuzione dei vaccini tra gli Stati hanno riacceso dibattiti mai sopiti sul ruolo e sugli effetti che la protezione …