Title:Re-thinking economic development in the WTO
Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The disagreements between the old and new trade powers in the WTO on market access issues that have deadlocked the Doha Round are in part a reflection of the “special and differential treatment” that developing countries ...
Title:Rescue at Sea: Human Rights obligations of states and private actors, with a focus on the EU’s external borders
Author(s):SCHEININ, MartinDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:This Policy Paper results from a lecture delivered as part of the Executive Seminar on global governance and transnational human rights obligations, convened at the European University Institute in late November 2011. The ...
Title:The role of economic theory in WTO arbitrations
Author(s):RUTA, MicheleDate:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:How can economic theory be useful in WTO arbitrations? Motivated by this question, this paper reviews the approach that is often used to determine the level of permissible retaliation in international trade disputes (the, ...
Title:Supply chains and international cooperation : thinking outside the box
Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The value of world trade has increased 27-fold since 1950, three time more that the growth of global GDP. An increasing share of that trade involves international supply chains and the global fragmentation of production. ...
Title:Trade Roundtable
Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.; ABBOTT, Roderick; CRAMÉR, Per; HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; MOREIRA, VitalDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The Doha round has been stalling for over 10 years now. It might not be ‘dead and loving it’ but definitely in moribund condition. Worse, there is no sign of reviving it, in the near future at least. The most optimistic ...
Title:Un référendum européen pour la Constitution européenne. Problèmes juridiques et politiques
Author(s):PONZANO, Paolo; ZILLER, Jacques; PII, SamueleDate:2007Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Ce Policy Paper contient les actes du colloque organisé par le Centre Robert Schuman de l’IUE le 9 février 2007 en coopération avec le Mouvement Fédéraliste Européen et la Représentation de la Commission européenne à Rome. ...
Title:Whither the WTO?
Author(s):CUNNINGHAM, Richard O.Date:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:This paper discusses the challenges that confront the WTO, inspired by the recent appointment of a new Director-General for the organization and various views that have been expressed by knowledgeable observers as to how ...
Title:The World Bank group trade strategy : fit for purpose?
Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:In 2011 the World Bank Group (WBG) issued a new trade strategy. This identifies the primary axes for WBG engagement and support activities and areas where action is likely to have the greatest positive impact in terms of ...