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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"World Trade Organization (WTO)"”.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body crisis: A critical analysis
The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system is facing unprecedented challenges, following the United States (US) decision to block the appointment of all Appellate Body members. The US has justified its blocking tactic, already implemented since 2017 by raising several procedural …
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The analysis of the accession of Sultanate of Oman to the World Trade organization (WTO) and its consequences
… on the accession of developing countries to the World Trade Organization (WTO) shows two opposing views on the effectiveness and efficiency of their system. In the light of these views, this study analyses the accession of Oman to the WTO and the consequences arising from this accession, focusing …
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The Implications of Introducing Sustainability and Climate Change as Grounds for Compulsory Licensing Under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement
… intellectual property protection under the World Trade Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement and the urgent need for access to climate-related technologies. While the Agreement permits compulsory licensing, its application has largely been limited to …
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Harmonization of competition policy in Southern Africa
… light of globalization, the establishment of the World Trade Organization WTO) in 1995, and the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in 1992 and the Southern African Customs Union of 1969 (SACU), this research examines the approach (both internationally and …
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Case Study on World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement: European Communities — Measures Affecting Meat and Meatproducts (Hormones), Complaint by the United States
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization created to coordinate trading rules among nations. Made up of internationally negotiated trade agreements, the WTO has three main objectives: (1)to assist in the free operation of international trade; (2) to allow continued …
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A 'Critical Mass' Approach to Negotiations in the WTO: A Case Study Analysis
… negotiating formats in present and future World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. The thesis provides an overview of the traditional negotiating formats in the WTO and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1947 (GATT 1947). A case study approach is …
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Safeguard dilemmas: The need for practical special and differential treatment for developing countries
… are among the most controversial of all trade remedies, due to the fact that they are contrary to the general principles of international fair trade as articulated in the various ageements governing the relationship between Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Thus, deeloping …
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Improving Remedies in the WTO Dispute Settlement System
… study the compliance problem that exists in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system. When a member state does not bring its trade policies into conformity with WTO obligations, the WTO dispute settlement system offers either compensation or retaliation as acceptable remedies …
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Trends in International Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceuticals Since the Institution of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Protection (TRIPS) Agreement
<p>The Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement went into effect for World Trade Organization (WTO) members in 1995. The agreement defines minimum standards of patent protection that must eventually be observed by all signatories. TRIPS includes "compulsory …
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A long march to capitalism : an overview of the modern legal frameworks of China's corporate structure and stock market
… Another one is China's recent bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO.) This thesis focuses on China's efforts to re-build its modern legal frameworks of the corporate structure and the stock market. It also touches the issues behind Hong Kong's return and China's participation of the …
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International Communications Standards: A Comparative Study of the ITU and ISOC as Regimes
… to three regimes throughout the study, the World Trade Organization (WTO), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and ISOC. In order to study ISOC, the ITU is examined to form a basis of comparison for telecommunications regimes. The ITU was the first modern international organization …
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Telecommunications business venturing in China : identification of investment orientations using deal reporting
China's recent entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001 has lent speed to an ongoing series of market reforms that has opened up the massive Chinese domestic market to the world. The thought of China selling its products and services freely in global markets in exchange for …
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Conversion from Staple to Cash Crop Production in Mexico After NAFTA: Effects of PROCAMPO and Credit Constraints
… producers benefit from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Specifically, I explore the effect of PROCAMPO’s decoupled income payments on producers’ ability to switch to cash crop production, and whether these payments continue to alleviate credit constraints for poorer producers. …
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International dispute settlement system design : analysis of the World Trade Organization
The dispute settlement process established by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1994, (the "DSU"), has drawn widespread attention. While the DSU is the most used international dispute settlement process, it is geared to resolving complaints by one country against another concerning enforcement …
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Pengaturan dan pelaksanaan lisensi atas hak kekayaan intelektual: Perspektif fiqh madzhab Syafi’i
… dari pembentukan organisasi perdagangan dunia/World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO merupakan salah satu badan internasional yang secara khusus mengatur masalah perdagangan antar Negara. Untuk memperluas dan mempercepat proses perdagangan, maka banyak dilakukan cara-cara yang beragam salah …
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Gene drives and international trade : an analysis of World Trade Organization rules and their governance of ecosystem-altering organisms
… consequences, including for international trade. Given compelling potential applications in disease mitigation and pest management, countries may develop and release these self-propagating products of biotechnology in the near future. Such products will cross international borders through …
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Sustainability and biofuels: Reconciling social and environmental criteria with WTO law
… 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 number of legal …
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A case study of the Customs Administrative Penalty Provision as contained in the Customs & Excise Act, No.91 of 1964 of South Africa, and a comparison of the South African regime with selected foreign customs penalty regime
The world of international trade has evolved over the centuries and, with this process of evolution, unique challenges have emerged over time. International trade, in essence, involves the movement of goods and services across borders; it is conducted mainly by private firms rather than …
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Non-product related environmental process and production methods (NPR-PPMs): a view from international trade law and international environmental governance
… of as being incompatible 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 …
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Causation in the Law of the World Trade Organization
The law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) both explicitly and implicitly requires that a determination of causation be made at a number of points. In several of the WTO covered agreements, an important part of making a determination about causation involves separating those factors that are …
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