International Trade (Law)
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This article examines whether the recent peace agreements, signed between Israel and the Gulf states: The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in September 2020, form a 'honey trap', meant to use the economic benefits they offer as leverage... more
This paper examines the question of whether it is ethical for company officials to use the force of government to reduce or eliminate foreign competition, using the antidumping laws as a case study. This paper begins with a brief... more
Using objective measures of investor protections in 170 countries, I establish that the level of investor protection matters for cross-country differences in GDP growth: countries with stronger protections tend to grow faster than those... more
This paper examines the Buy Malawi Strategy through the lenses of international agreements that Malawi is party to. The Buy Malawi Strategy seeks to increase the consumption of Malawian made goods and services through enhancing the... more
sellers and buyers duties under common law jurisdiction and incoterms 2010 relating to FOB and CIF contracts in international trade law.
The transfer of data across borders supports trade in most service industries around the world as well as the growth of traditional manufacturing sectors. However, several countries have begun to adopt laws impeding the cross-border... more
This paper examines ethics in international trade from several ethical perspectives. The present paper also includes a bibliography on trade, including links to more than 100 studies on trade.
A rapid scale-up and deployment of sustainable energy sources is a critical for climate change mitigation. Expanding sustainable energy, however, requires a holistic approach to global energy governance. The Energy Charter Treaty and the... more
Although export restriction was applied since the 1920s-30s and is regulated under WTO laws, scholars and lawyers alike have labelled it as an “under-regulated” or “legally-deficient” issue to date. This paper examines this issue by... more
This study offers a quantitative valuation of the possible effects on trade creation, trade diversion, exports, imports, tariff revenue, and welfare effects of the European Partnership Agreement (EPA) on Tanzania. The study applies the... more
This is the text of the address made by Justice Saleem Marsoof, PC at the 50th Session of the Afro-Asian Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) held in Colombo from 27th June to 1st July 2011. In his address under the title “Recent... more
Various presidential candidates over the years have promised to reduce the U.S. trade deficit. Such arguments are based on the mistaken belief that trade deficits are bad. This paper explains why the United States is doomed to have trade... more
Reflexiones sobre la situación del Órgano de Apelación de la OMC (2020)
Revista Diplomática, 2da Época, Vol. 2, No. 1
Revista Diplomática, 2da Época, Vol. 2, No. 1
Foreign trade is an area about which much has been written. The majority of economists, going back to Adam Smith, have generally concluded that trade is good, and that it should be free and unhampered, at least most of the time. The... more
Recent literature tried to explain the Indian growth miracle in different ways, ranging from trade liberalization to industrial reforms. Using data on Indian manufacturing firms, this paper analyzes the relationship between firm's... more
This study proposes that, for the purposes of assessment, the term market accessibility be defined as the combination of tariffs, non-tariff measures and ease of doing business. A simple and transferrable framework and scoring mechanism... more
Over the past several decades, enormous technological, economic and political changes have transformed the U.S. economy and the application of U.S. export controls. Technological advances have revolutionized the types of products... more
Question. "While Preferential Trade Agreements [PTAs] embody discrimination against non-member countries, MFN requires countries not participating in PTAs themselves to treat PTA participants in a non-discriminatory fashion" --Critically... more
With the stunning growth of international trade in the last half century, the distinction between public international law and private international law has become increasingly blurred. The effect of this definitional blurring is of... more
La négociation du « Partenariat transatlantique de commerce et d'investissement » (PTCI/TTIP) montre qu'entre deux grandes entités politiques comme les Etats-Unis et l'Union européenne (UE), il y a en réalité deux négociations : celle qui... more
En juin 2016, Donald Trump, affirme que s'il est élu, il renégociera l'Accord de Libre-Échange Nord-Américain (ALENA/NAFTA) et, en cas de refus de ses partenaires, en retirera les États-Unis. Conformément à cette promesse, une demande... more
How was ‘international trade’ between former European empires and their former colonies in Africa governed after decolonisation? In the 1960s, the vast majority of African countries became independent, and so a new arrangement was... more
L a Convenzione Riveduta di Kyoto è uno strumento volta a favorire il ravvicina-mento e l'armonizzazione del-le procedure e tecniche do-ganali a livello mondiale. Adottata dall'Organizzazione Mondiale delle Dogane (OMD) il 18 maggio 1973... more
Unlike inbound trade regulation, which is characterized by deep multilateralism, the regulation of export trade is characterized by significant unilateralism. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the United States’ export control laws.... more