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Fair Trade For All: How Trade Can Promote Development By Joseph Stiglitz And Andrew Charlton, Maria Vanko

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

Joseph Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton recently released a book that aims to bridge the gaps felt by both developed and developing countries. Fair Trade For All presents a broad agenda by which trade policies can integrate developing countries into the world market. With the presumption that trade is good for development, Stiglitz and Charlton suggest a carefully managed trade liberalization agenda. They criticize the Washington Consensus’ simple prescription of rapid liberalization and privatization of markets as causing instability and inequality, and instead propose an alternative model that emphasizes fairness. They contend that the assumption that broad market liberalization makes countries …

Climate Change, The Kyoto Protocol, And The World Trade Organization: Challenges And Conflicts, Daniel Mcnamee

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

This article seeks to address one possible domestic step that State Parties to the Kyoto Protocol may take to reduce emissions, the additional measure which must be taken to address the international competitiveness of the effected industries, and the compatibility of these measures with WTO obligations. In particular, the article will address the use of a tax based on the amount of carbon or energy used during the production process. While such a tax may effectively reduce harmful emissions, it will also increase costs for domestic industry, thereby reducing international competitiveness. Therefore, governments may seek to implement a border tax …

The Role Of Third-Party Verification In Emissions Trading Systems: Developing Best Practices, Jennifer Rohleder

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

This article examines several of the emissions trading systems currently in place around the world and how they conduct their monitoring and verification processes. By comparing the systems, and studying their experiences, we can distill best practices for implementing an effective monitoring and verification protocol. Compliance is required in both a command-and-control system and a trading system; but a trading system has the additional demands of transparency and confidence in the scheme. Verification is critical because it promotes compliance, which in turn is needed to foster trust and stability in the market. Emissions disclosure must be universally trusted in order …

Jordan And The World Trading System: A Case Study For Arab Countries, Bashar Hikmet Malkawi

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

Arab countries are attempting to broaden their engagement in the multilateral trading system in a manner that has many implications. Not only have some Arab countries either acceded or are in the pipeline of acceding to the World Trade Organization (WTO), but their new commitments coincides with reorientations in their economic strategies. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the implications on Arab countries.

Given Jordan's accession to the WTO and its free trade agreement with the United States (U.S.), the country serves as an ideal candidate for other Arab countries. Jordan applied for WTO membership in 1994. After …