Decade of China’s membership to WTO – revision of hopes and expectations 1. WTO uprising The World Trade Organization (WTO) was commenced on 1st January 1995 replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Firstly‚ we have to go back to year 1994 when John Maynard Keynes during Bretton Wood conference had presented his statement about restructuring international finance and currency relations. Both Keynes and Harry White (American mister of state in U.S. treasury) believed
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Core WTO Agreements: Trade in Goods and Services and Intellectual Property Arvind Panagariya Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Trade in Goods 2 2.1 The Most favored Nation Principle 5 2.2 National Treatment 7 2.3 Tariffs 9 2.4 Customs Procedures 10 2.5 Quantitative Restrictions 11 2.6 Subsidies 12 2.7 Anti-dumping 16 2.8 Safeguards: Emergency Protection 19 2.9 Trade Related Investment Measures 22 2.10 State Trading 23 2.11 Preferential Trade Areas 24 2.12 Non-application
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An analysis of the WTO communication ABSTRACT Habermas has defined the relationship between public sphere and public opinion as “network for communicating information and points of view . . . the streams of communication are‚ in the process‚ filtered and synthesized in such a way that they coalesce into bundles of topically specified public opinions.” The report‚ based on Habermas’s theory of public sphere and public opinion‚ and with the Doha Round of trade talks as a case study‚ provides an
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In the sprawling grounds of China’s Forbidden City‚ once homes of the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties‚ one small shop is in the midst of a brewing controversy‚ Starbucks‚ that poster child for American mass marketing and a growing number of Chinese want to banish it. The Forbidden City should preserve its uniqueness‚ says this woman. Ever since it opened more than 6 years ago‚ Starbucks has been a contentious presence in one of China’s most revered historical icons. In some of these
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Sponsorship By Serena Gao Beijing 2008 Olympiad is not only a stage of athletic sports‚ but also brings a wide stage to the enterprises which want to propagandize themselves by dint of the Olympic Games. The Beijing 2008 Sponsorship Program consists of three tiers of support‚ including the Beijing 2008 Partner‚ the Beijing 2008 Sponsor‚ and the Beijing 2008 Supplier. Up to 8th Jun 2008‚ the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has signed
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Name: Student Number: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculty of Law Academic year 2007-2008 THE LAW OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION Prof. Dr. Geert Van Calster and Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters EXAM 24 January 2008 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFOREHAND ! ! ! 1. This exam lasts maximum 3 hours. 2. This is an open-book exam which consists of 3 main questions (with subquestions). You may use any written‚ type-written or printed materials. 3. This exam contains 14 pages + 5 pages of attachments
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.Dyer‚ Geoff. "Beijing Olympics Failed to Boost Tourism‚ Figures show." FT.com (2009)ABI/INFORM Complete; ProQuest Research Library. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. "China : Marriott Executive Apartments Strengthens its Position in China with the Opening of the Imperial Mansion‚ Beijing." MENA Report (2012)ProQuest Research Library. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. Dombey‚ Olivier. "The Effects of SARS on the Chinese Tourism Industry." Journal of Vacation Marketing 10.1 (2003): 4-10.ABI/INFORM Complete. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
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The ESSAY on topic : “Sources of WTO Law” By Julia Tkachenko The discussions of the sources of international law usually begin with a reference to Article 38 (1) of the Statute of International Court of Justice. The discussion of WTO sources shall not be an exception. It is also based on such an article‚ but is characterized in more specialistic narrow way. WTO law sources include: 1)WTO Agreements; 2)International custom; 3)The general principles of law; 4)Judical decisions (the reports
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the Uruguay Round of global trade talks‚ the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a powerful global commerce agency that transformed and expanded the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) into an enforceable global commerce code. Stated Aim To promote free trade and stimulate economic growth. The actions‚ method‚ and fundamentalism‚ of the World Trade Organization evokes strong antipathies. Among other things‚ the WTO is accused of widening the sociological gap between rich and poor it claims
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Smog pollution in Beijing Smog pollution has been around since the start of industrialization‚ and there are many cities that suffer from its consequences. Among them‚ Beijing is singled out as the hotspot these days. In the past winter‚ an unprecedented amount of smog cloaked Beijing‚ filling the city with noxious air and causing convulsive coughing among the local residents. Not only does smog cause inconvenience in transportation by reducing visibility‚ but also‚ according to a study at
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