Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum launched a process that could ultimately produce the largest single act of trade liberalization in history. They agreed to " seriously consider " negotiating a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) and instructed their officials to " undertake further studies on ways and means to promote " the initiative so that they could address it at their...

The first Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Singapore during 9-13 December 1996, had a rough start. The United States (US) had wanted to create a WTO working group on labour standards, which developing countries bitterly opposed. In the end, developing countries prevailed and the US effectively agreed to delegate the subject to the International Labour Organi...

On December 6, 2005, shortly before the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, WTO member states agreed to accept a protocol of amendment to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs Agreement). This amendment sought to provide a permanent solution to implement paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public ...

This paper analyzes the main economic issues of intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO). A retrospective view on the establishment of the TRIPS (traderelated aspects of intellectual property rights) Agreement, a still controversial accomplishment of the Uruguay Round of trade liberalization, is provided. The paper reviews the economic ...

Louise Johannesson (2018): Settling disputes at the World Trade Organization. Örebro Studies in Economics 38 This cumulative dissertation consists of five self-contained essays, all of which are closely focused around issues that concern the WTO dispute settlement mechanism (DSM). In Essay 1, we describe salient features of the DSM using a unique data set. We observe a spike in new disputes in ...

This article summarizes some of the results and findings emerging from an ongoing World Bank research and capacity-building project that focuses on the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiating agenda from a developing country perspective. Recent research suggests that the potential gains from further multilateral liberalization of trade remain very large. The payoffs associated with attempts ...

Normative solutions to reform the Anti-Dumping Agreement include a comprehensive amendment of Agreement. Such revision has already been suggested in literature, but this study departs from most others by prioritizing procedural issues rather than substantive ones. The proposes changes enhancing justice anti-dumping processes. Due constraints on short timescale, other possibilities are also disc...

Since the 1960s, non-tariff measures (NTMs) have been continuously replacing tariffs as core element of trade negotiations. In 21st century, they take centre stage in all EU agreements with industrialised and emerging economies. By matching product codes to rich data NTM notifications World Trade Organization merging information provided by Temporary Barriers Database, we provide a valuable ope...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) faces an existential crisis. Nominations to the Appellate Body (AB) are deadlocked; tariffs being raised and retaliated against; substantive negotiations stalled. A number of Members, including European Union (EU or Union) its Member States, convinced that WTO is in need profound reform, inter alia, with a view integrating developing countries further, address...