The Rights of Private Economic Actors Under the World Trade Organization Agreements in Indonesia
Nothing in the Uruguay Round mentions directly about rights of private economic actors. It seems that the relationship to private economic actors (or may be individual) does not exist within the WTO Agreements, because as a general rule, private parties ...
Intan Soeparna
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Carving Out Policy Autonomy for Developing Countries in the World Trade Organization: The Experience of Brazil and Mexico [PDF]
Although liberal trade and development scholars disagree about the merits of the World Trade Organization (WTO), they both assume that WTO legal obligations restrict states’ regulatory autonomy.
Santos, Alvaro
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Can ISO/IEC 17025 serve as a tool to prevent scientific fraud in chemical research laboratories?
Abstract Scientific fraud has been documented across multiple disciplines, and chemistry is no exception. Recent studies indicate that contamination of materials, methodological errors, and unreliable data, results, or analyses account for over 25% of retracted publications.
Flor Monica Gutierrez‐Alcantara
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Does higher food safety assurance bring higher returns? Evidence from Taiwan
With increasing concern of the food safety issue, consumer's demand for certified food have induced the adoption of organic farming or traceability certification.
Wun-Ji JIANG, Yir-Hueih LUH
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ABSTRACT We use foreign trade data on both imports and exports of goods and services among a group of 15 advanced economies to determine the incomes and price elasticities of demand for exports and imports of goods, services and goods and services combined in the long run.
Tjeerd M. Boonman +2 more
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Europe\u27s Evolving Regulatory Strategy for GMOs --- The Issue of Consistncy with WTO Law: of Kine and Brine [PDF]
This Essay deals with one question: If challenged, how would regulatory restrictions on genetically modified organisms ( GMOs ) be judged by a World Trade Organization ( WTO ) adjudicating body.
Howse, Robert, Mavroidis, Petros C.
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
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Realistic Representation, Dynamic Evolution and Determinants of Institutional Quality in China
ABSTRACT The paper delves into the role of institutional quality in bolstering China's economic resilience post‐COVID‐19, CITIC‐Entropy. It divides institutions into basic and changeable categories, establishing an index system via the CITIC‐Entropy TOPSIS model.
Susu Wang, Qidi Zhang, Jing Fang
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What Explains International Interest Rate Co‐Movement?
ABSTRACT The international co‐movement of interest rates reflects correlated business‐cycle fluctuations, largely driven by demand shocks. Monetary policy in advanced economies follows domestic mandates—inflation and the output gap—and does not respond to foreign policy shocks.
Annika Camehl, Gregor von Schweinitz
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the WTO
The article analyzes the complex relationship between the legal regime of international human rights law, particularly under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), and the system of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Holger P. Hestermeyer
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