HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Faculty of World Economy and International Affaires Master of International Business Essay “Russian Federation in WTO: Advantages and disadvantages” Written by student Alexandra S. Gudimova MIB group Moscow 2013 Content Introduction 3 Russian Federation in WTO: advantages 4 Russian Federation in WTO: disadvantages 6 Controversial issues 8 Market access for goods — tariff and quota commitments 8 Conclusion 9 References 11 Introduction
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to the Centre for WTO Studies‚ coinciding with the inaugural issue of our new bimonthly newsletter: “ India‚ WTO and Trade Issues”. The Centre for WTO Studies – WTO Centre in its shorter form – has indeed been functioning since November 2002 in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade with the objective of providing research and analytical support to the Department of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on identified issues relating to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). However‚ the Centre
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Do WTO Rules Create a Level Playing Field? Lessons from the Experience of Peru and Vietnam∗ Christina L. Davis Department of Politics Princeton University† ∗ The author thanks Marc Busch‚ Thomas Cottier‚ Judith Goldstein‚ Eduardo Perez Motta‚ and John Odell for comments on the paper‚ and thanks Anbinh Phan and Courtenay Dunn for valuable research assistance. The research benefited greatly from interviews with officials involved in the negotiations‚ who have not been cited by name at
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Engagements of developing countries in WTO and regional trading arrangements are critical to get meaningful market access for efficient utilization of their resources. Many developing economies have succeeded in becoming part of global production chains‚ which typically take advantage of the strengths of different regional economies to produce components and assemble completed products. The rise in the use of these production chains has been associated with increased foreign direct investment flows
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Company Assessment: An Analysis of CitiGroup 1 Company Assessment: An Analysis of CitiGroup Introduction With origins dating back to 1812‚ Citigroup (Citi) is a global diversified financial services holding company providing both individuals and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services. These services include; consumer banking and credit; corporate and investment banking; securities brokerage; transaction services; and wealth management. Headquartered in Manhattan
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HISTORY The WTO began life on 1 January 1995‚ but its trading system is half a century older. Since 1948‚ the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) had provided the rules for the system. (The second WTO ministerial meeting‚ held in Geneva in May 1998‚ included a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the system.) It did not take long for the General Agreement to give birth to an unofficial‚ de facto international organization‚ also known informally as GATT. Over the years GATT evolved through
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Contents: Acknowledgement : We would like to express our whole hearted thanks to Almighty Allah by whose grace & blessings we have the knowledge‚ insight and opportunity to complete this report. We are grateful to our teacher Mr. Mirza Aqeel Baig for teaching us the entire course of Pakistan Economic Policy. His versatile knowledge in this field and unique teaching style has developed our knowledge and cleared many concepts. Thankyou! EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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into the WTO has been a long pending one and it was the only country of the G8 group not to be in the WTO. After around 18 years of negotiation‚ Russia finally joined WTO as the 156th member in August‚ 2012. The negotiations began way back soon after the breakup of the Soviet Union in June‚ 1993 when President Boris Yeltsin submitted the WTO membership application for Russia. During the 1990’s‚ Russia’s political system was very volatile and had a slow pace reforms which stagnated the WTO negotiations
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As it is known the WTO agreements is very huge in and documents full of complexity which cover range of activities such as banking‚ government procurement‚ agriculture‚ and etc. Therefore there are five clear principles that go into all documents‚ and they are considered as the basis of multilateral trading system (WTO‚ n.d.). These principles are briefly introduced bellow: Non-discrimination trading The first principle to introduce is trading without discrimination‚ having two important components
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Merits of the WTO According to the WTO agreements‚ one of the most important reasons for having the system is that it’s a forum for countries to thrash out their differences on trade issues. In the agreement lie many over-riding reasons why it’s better off with the system in place. These are the ten distinct advantages according to the WTO; the system helps promote peace‚ disputes are handled constructively‚ rules make life easier for all‚ freer trade cuts the costs of living‚ it provides more choice
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