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Green Protectionism in the European Union: How Europe’s Biofuels Policy and the Renewable Energy Directive Violate WTO Commitments
By: Fredrik ErixonWhat happened to the professed environmental goal to substitute fossil fuels wit biofuels, asks Fredrik Erixon in a new study of EU biofuels policy....
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Protectionism Online: Internet Censorship and International Trade Law
Internet is a global market place. The rapid development of the Internet, and especially of Internet-based com- merce, has largely taken place...
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The Optimal Basel Capital Requirement to Cope with Pro-cyclicality: A Theoretical Approach
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: financial sectorThis paper focuses on the role of the Basel capital requirement and proposes a new counter cyclical measure by use of a simple general equilibrium...
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The WTO’s Trade Policy Review Mechanism: How to Create Political Will for Liberalization
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe economic crisis has sparked fears about emerging protectionism and created wide interest in initiatives to monitor trade policies. The WTO...
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Does the Trading System have a Future?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThere is a great deal of ruin in the trading system. Yet, in many respects it has been a huge success. The opening of the world economy of the...
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Half a Century of Exporting Educational Services: Assessing Egypt’s Role in Educating the Arab World
Egypt’s role as the leading exporter of educational services to the Arab region has been a source of national pride and great debate in the...
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Liberalising Air Cargo Services in APEC
This study aims at assessing the link between a more liberal air cargo regime and increased bilateral merchandise trade in the Asia Pacific...
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The Doha Round: “Death-Defying Agenda” or “Don’t Do it Again”?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Stuart HarbinsonAlmost eight years after the launch of the WTO's Doha Round, negotiations remain mired in a swamp of detail, with many participants unwilling or...
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How to Revive Doha with Some Chance of Success
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: Doha RoundBy: Roderick AbbottThis Policy Brief concerns the troubled state of the Doha Round. The classical model for a multilateral trade negotiation (as developed from the GATT...