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2008

International trade

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Institutional Arrangements, Property Rights And The Endogenity Of Comparative Advantage, Nita Ghei Oct 2008

Institutional Arrangements, Property Rights And The Endogenity Of Comparative Advantage, Nita Ghei

Nita Ghei

Comparative advantage is determined not merely by exogenous factor endowments. Institutional arrangements, and security of property rights, affect comparative advantage and the pattern of trade as well. Developing countries would be better off using their scarce institutional capital on securing property rights rather than trying to pick “winners” using strategic trade policy.


The Case For The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman, Matthew Rimmer Apr 2008

The Case For The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

The global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires nations to ban all tobacco advertising and promotion. In the face of these restrictions, tobacco packaging has become the key promotional vehicle for the tobacco industry to interest smokers and potential smokers in tobacco products. This paper reviews available research into the likely impact of mandatory plain packaging and internal tobacco industry statements about the importance of packs as promotional vehicles. It critiques legal objections raised by the industry about plain packaging violating laws and international trade agreements, showing these to be without foundation. Plain packaging of all tobacco products would …


Feeling Good Or Doing Good: Inefficacy Of The U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against The Military Government Of Burma/Myanmar, Thihan M. Nyun Jan 2008

Feeling Good Or Doing Good: Inefficacy Of The U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against The Military Government Of Burma/Myanmar, Thihan M. Nyun

Thihan M Nyun

No abstract provided.


The Trials Of Winning At The Wto: What Lies Behind Brazil's Success, Michelle R. Sanchez-Badin Mrs., Gregory Shaffer, Barbara Rosenberg Jan 2008

The Trials Of Winning At The Wto: What Lies Behind Brazil's Success, Michelle R. Sanchez-Badin Mrs., Gregory Shaffer, Barbara Rosenberg

Michelle R Sanchez-Badin Mrs.

This Article aims to advance our understanding of three sets of interrelated questions: who shapes international trade law through litigation and bargaining; how do they do so; and what broader effects do international trade law and judicialization have within a country. The Article builds from four years of empirical investigation of international trade dispute settlement and its impact in Brazil. Its point of entry is an examination of what lies behind Brazil's use of the legal regime of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including in litigation, negotiations and ad hoc bargaining. We assess how the WTO legal regime has affected …