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Title:China – electronic payment services : discrimination, economic development and the GATS Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. EUI affiliated

; MEAGHER, NiallDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/68; Global Governance Programme-66; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper provides a legal-economic analysis of the unappealed WTO Panel Report in China – Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services (WT/DS413/R). The core issue was whether China’s measures that resulted in ...

Title:Gains from convergence in US and EU auto regulations under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Author(s):FREUND, Caroline; OLIVER, SarahDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/59; Global Governance Programme-182; Global EconomicsAbstract:Regulatory standards protect consumers from defective products, but they impede trade when they differ across countries. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) seeks to reduce distortions in the automobile ...

Title:Made in the world? Author(s):MIROUDOT, Sébastien; NORDSTRÖM, HåkanDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/60; Global Governance Programme-183; Global EconomicsAbstract:In the past five years, the concept of “global value chain” (GVC) has become popular to describe the way firms fragment production into different stages located in different economies. The “made in the world” narrative ...

Title:US-carbon steel (India) : multi-product firms and the cumulation of products Author(s):SPEAROT, Alan; AHN, DukgeunDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/65; Global Governance Programme-187; Global EconomicsAbstract:One of the key findings in this case deals with the appropriate method to determine material injury when imported products are subject to simultaneous anti-dumping and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations. Along with ...

Title:China–rare earths : export restrictions and the limits of textual interpretation Author(s):BOND, Eric W.; TRACHTMAN, Joel P.Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/66; Global Governance Programme-188; Global EconomicsAbstract:The China—Rare Earths decision of the Appellate Body addressed two main issues: (i) whether China’s obligations not to impose export duties under its accession protocol are subject to exceptions under Article XX of GATT, ...

Title:How open are public procurement markets? Author(s):MESSERLIN, PatrickDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/89; Global Governance Programme-204; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper uses different sources of data to assess the relative level of openness of the public procurement markets of major trading nations, with a specific focus on the European Union (EU). The data reveal a picture ...

Title:Specification and estimation of gravity models : a review of the issues in the literature Author(s):OLANIKE KAREEM, Fatima; IDOWU KAREEM, OlayinkaDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/74; Global Governance Programme-118; Global EconomicsAbstract:The gravity model has become an efficient tool in the analysis of international economic relations due to its theoretical derivation and ability to explain these relationships. The contending issue now is the appropriate ...

Title:Spillovers from agglomerations and inward FDI : a multilevel analysis on SSA domestic firms Author(s):SANFILIPPO, Marco EUI affiliated

; SERIC, AdnanDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/76; Global Governance Programme-119; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper adopts multilevel analysis to analyse the agglomeration-performance nexus for domestic firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. We show that contextual factors such as country, city and industry together explain up to 30% ...

Title:Special and differential treatment of developing countries in the WTO Author(s):CONCONI, Paola; PERRONI, CarloDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/60; Global Governance Programme-109; Global EconomicsAbstract:Rules on special and differential treatment (SDT) constitute the centerpiece of the WTO's strategy for integrating developing countries into the world trading system. We examine the theoretical rationale for SDT when trade ...

Title:China : anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures on broiler products from the United States : how the chickens came home to roost Author(s):PRUSA, Thomas J.; VERMULST, EdwinDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/129; Global Governance Programme-151; Global EconomicsAbstract:The WTO panel report on China – Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty Measures on Broiler Products from the United States was circulated to Members on 2 August 2013. In the report the Panel examined a variety of issues ...

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