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Title:A turquoise mess : green subsidies, blue industrial policy and renewable energy : the case for redrafting the subsidies agreement of the WTO Author(s):COSBEY, Aaron; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.
Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/17; Global Governance Programme-82; Global EconomicsAbstract:Canada-Renewable Energy presented the WTO Panel and Appellate Body (AB) with a novel issue: at the heart of the dispute was a measure adopted by the province of Ontario whereby producers of renewable energy would be paid ...
Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/17; Global Governance Programme-82; Global EconomicsAbstract:Canada-Renewable Energy presented the WTO Panel and Appellate Body (AB) with a novel issue: at the heart of the dispute was a measure adopted by the province of Ontario whereby producers of renewable energy would be paid ...
Title:Reaching out for green policies : national environmental policies in the WTO legal order Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/21; Global Governance Programme-85; Global EconomicsAbstract:The WTO does not squarely address the issue of jurisdictional ambit of national policies (affecting trade). And yet, absent some agreement as to what trading nations can and cannot do, the WTO loses much of its effectiveness. ...
Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/21; Global Governance Programme-85; Global EconomicsAbstract:The WTO does not squarely address the issue of jurisdictional ambit of national policies (affecting trade). And yet, absent some agreement as to what trading nations can and cannot do, the WTO loses much of its effectiveness. ...
Title:A technical barriers to trade agreement for services? Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. 
; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/25; Global Governance Programme-165; Global EconomicsAbstract:Services are regulated for a variety of reasons. Regulation is typically influenced by political economy forces and may thus at times reflect protectionist motivations. Similar considerations arise for goods, but the ...
; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/25; Global Governance Programme-165; Global EconomicsAbstract:Services are regulated for a variety of reasons. Regulation is typically influenced by political economy forces and may thus at times reflect protectionist motivations. Similar considerations arise for goods, but the ...
Title:Last mile for tuna (to a safe harbor) : what is the TBT agreement all about? Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/03; Global Governance Programme-292; [Global Economics]Abstract:The WTO Agreement on TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) aims at taming NTBs (nontariff barriers), the main instrument segmenting markets nowadays. Some of the terms used to flesh out the commitments undertaken are borrowed ...
Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/03; Global Governance Programme-292; [Global Economics]Abstract:The WTO Agreement on TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) aims at taming NTBs (nontariff barriers), the main instrument segmenting markets nowadays. Some of the terms used to flesh out the commitments undertaken are borrowed ...
Title:Free markets, state involvement, and the WTO : Chinese state owned enterprises (SOEs) in the ring Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.; JANOW, Merit E.Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/13; Global Governance Programme-256; Global EconomicsAbstract:The WTO has struggled with the treatment of nonmarket economies (NMEs). What was a nonissue in the original GATT (because of the homogeneity of participants) became quite an issue with the accession of formally centrally ...
; JANOW, Merit E.Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2017/13; Global Governance Programme-256; Global EconomicsAbstract:The WTO has struggled with the treatment of nonmarket economies (NMEs). What was a nonissue in the original GATT (because of the homogeneity of participants) became quite an issue with the accession of formally centrally ...
Title:The gang that couldn't shoot straight : the not so magnificent seven of the WTO appellate body Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/31; Global Governance Programme-220; [Global Economics]Abstract:The WTO Appellate Body (AB) has produced a volume-wise important body of case law, which is often difficult to penetrate, never mind classify. Howse (2016) has attempted a very lucid taxonomy of the case law using the ...
Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/31; Global Governance Programme-220; [Global Economics]Abstract:The WTO Appellate Body (AB) has produced a volume-wise important body of case law, which is often difficult to penetrate, never mind classify. Howse (2016) has attempted a very lucid taxonomy of the case law using the ...
Title:Embracing diversity : plurilateral agreements and the trading system Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2014/10204; [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]Abstract:Plurilateral agreements in the WTO context allow sub-sets of countries to agree to commitments in specific policy areas that only apply to signatories, and thus allow for ‘variable geometry’ in the WTO. Current WTO rules ...
; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2014/10204; [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]Abstract:Plurilateral agreements in the WTO context allow sub-sets of countries to agree to commitments in specific policy areas that only apply to signatories, and thus allow for ‘variable geometry’ in the WTO. Current WTO rules ...
Title:Planes, trains, and automobiles : the EU legislation on climate change and the question of consistency with WTO law Author(s):HIESINGER, Stefanie; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2013/04; TRANSWORLD ProjectAbstract:The European Trading System (EU ETS) for carbon emissions has been extended to apply to aviation as well, including planes of foreign companies flying between, into and out of European Union (EU) airports: this extension ...
Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2013/04; TRANSWORLD ProjectAbstract:The European Trading System (EU ETS) for carbon emissions has been extended to apply to aviation as well, including planes of foreign companies flying between, into and out of European Union (EU) airports: this extension ...
Title:Merger control procedures and institutions : a comparison of the EU and US practice Author(s):KOVACIC, William E.; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.; NEVEN, Damien J.Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/20; Global Governance Programme-84; Global EconomicsAbstract:The objective of this paper is to discuss and compare the role that different constituencies play in US and EU procedures for merger control. We describe the main constituencies (both internal and external) involved in ...
; NEVEN, Damien J.Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/20; Global Governance Programme-84; Global EconomicsAbstract:The objective of this paper is to discuss and compare the role that different constituencies play in US and EU procedures for merger control. We describe the main constituencies (both internal and external) involved in ...
Title:Dispute settlement in the WTO (mind over matter) Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/14; Global Governance Programme-211; Global EconomicsAbstract:The basic point I advocate in this paper is that the WTO Dispute Settlement System aims to curb unilateralism. No sanctions can be imposed, unless if the arbitration process is through, the purpose of which is to ensure ...
Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/14; Global Governance Programme-211; Global EconomicsAbstract:The basic point I advocate in this paper is that the WTO Dispute Settlement System aims to curb unilateralism. No sanctions can be imposed, unless if the arbitration process is through, the purpose of which is to ensure ...