Multilateralism Regionalism And Bilateralism In Trade And Investment

Author : Philippe De Lombaerde
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402059515
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Multilateralism, Regionalism and Bilateralism in Trade and Investment written by Philippe De Lombaerde and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001, the United Nations University launched UNU-CRIS, a research and training programme on comparative regional integration to study the role of regional integration in global governance. This is a timely product of the research undertaken at UNU-CRIS. The report represents a unique collaboration between all regional UN Economic Commissions. It focuses on one of the central issues in the debate on global governance.

Author : Philippe De Lombaerde
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789048112937
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Multilateralism, Regionalism and Bilateralism in Trade and Investment written by Philippe De Lombaerde and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001, the United Nations University launched UNU-CRIS, a research and training programme on comparative regional integration to study the role of regional integration in global governance. This is a timely product of the research undertaken at UNU-CRIS. The report represents a unique collaboration between all regional UN Economic Commissions. It focuses on one of the central issues in the debate on global governance.

Author : Leal-Arcas, Rafael
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781000778
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book International Trade and Investment Law written by Leal-Arcas, Rafael and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book examines international trade and investment law at various levels of governance, including unilateral, bilateral, regional, and multilateral arrangements.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264101373
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Regionalism and the Multilateral Trading System written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-07-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compares rule-making provisions in regional trade agreements with those of the WTO in ten specific areas: services, labour mobility, investment, competition policy, trade facilitation, government procurement, intellectual property rights, contingency protection, environment and rules of origin.

Author : Yongzheng Yang
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451874626
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The United States and the New Regionalism/ Bilateralism written by Yongzheng Yang and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current U.S. trade policy stresses establishing free trade areas (FTAs) with partners spanning the globe. Motivations include enhancing goods and services trade; stimulating investment flows; extending standards on intellectual property rights, labor, and the environment; and addressing geopolitical concerns. Simulations of FTAs with the United States highlight the importance of trade complementarity, trade diversion, and welfare losses for nonmembers. Agriculture and textiles play a central role in determining welfare outcomes. Initial improvement in market access enjoyed by participants could be eroded progressively as global liberalization proceeds, and this preference erosion might act as a disincentive to participate in multilateral liberalization.

Author : Meine Pieter van Dijk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135777659
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Multilateralism Versus Regionalism written by Meine Pieter van Dijk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of regionalism versus multilateral agreements such as the Uruguay Round remains a crucial one, as is argued in the first five chapters of this volume.

Author : Gary P. Sampson
Publisher : UNU
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Economic Integration written by Gary P. Sampson and published by UNU. This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication considers whether regional trade agreements have led to a new form of economic co-operation, by promoting deeper integration in the regulatory structures of participating countries. An examination of recent experiences are found to show that, although there is no single model for deeper integration, regional trade agreements have generally more effective than more remote WTO procedures in facilitating trade and improving transparency. Regional processes and rules are found to have been consistent with the multilateral obligations of each party, with additional commitments in the regional agreements complementing WTO rules.

Author : Donald Barry
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774807512
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Regionalism, Multilateralism, and the Politics of Global Trade written by Donald Barry and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume reflect the current debate about whether the new regionalism and interregional politics of the last decade support or undermine the global trading system. Political scientists and international relations scholars from North America examine the changing relationship between regionalism and multilateralism, and discuss the implications for national policy in the globalized economy. The essays are arranged into four categories covering regionalism, globalism, and the state; the dynamics of regional integration; interregional relations; and the policy implications, particularly for CanadaAnnotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Junji Nakagawa
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136703640
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Multilateralism and Regionalism in Global Economic Governance written by Junji Nakagawa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconciling regionalism and multilateralism is a challenge common to all branches of global economic governance. While the Bretton Woods/GATT (WTO) institutions, decades-old multilateral framework for global economic governance, are facing serious challenges to their effectiveness, regional framework are emerging as complementary or alternative means of global economic governance. The real challenge is how to reconcile multilateralism and regionalism in global economic governance. This book tackles this problem by analysing issues of multilateral/regional conciliation and coordination in global economic governance, focusing on Asia. Chapters of the book deal with challenges of multilateralism and regionalism in three fields of global economic governance, namely, global monetary/financial governance, global trade governance, and global investment governance. The major regional focus is on Asia, though some chapters deal with regionalism in Europe and North America. Topics include Asian Monetary Fund and Asian financial architecture, open accession provisions of regional trade agreements, and APEC’s role in multilateral investment rules. As a whole, the book elucidates the contemporary reach of Asian regionalism in global economic governance, and shows the neat balance between regionalism and multilateralism in global economic governance. It is of particular use to the students and practitioners of international economic law, international political economy, international finance and international economics, both with and without Asian focus.

Author : L. Alan Winters
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9703111149
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Regionalism versus Multilateralism written by L. Alan Winters and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 1996 Do the forces that regional integration arrangements set up encourage or discourage a trend toward globally freer trade? We don't know yet. The literature on regionalism versus multilateralism is growing as economists and political scientists grapple with the question of whether regional integration arrangements are good or bad for the multilateral system. Are regional integration arrangements building blocks or stumbling blocks, in Jagdish Bhagwati's phrase, or stepping stones toward multilateralism? As economists worry about the ability of the World Trade Organization to maintain the GATT's unsteady yet distinct momentum toward liberalism, and as they contemplate the emergence of world-scale regional integration arrangements (the EU, NAFTA, FTAA, APEC, and, possibly, TAFTA), the question has never been more pressing. Winters switches the focus from the immediate consequences of regionalism for the economic welfare of the integrating partners to the question of whether it sets up forces that encourage or discourage evolution toward globally freer trade. The answer is, We don't know yet. One can build models that suggest either conclusion, but these models are still so abstract that they should be viewed as parables rather than sources of testable predictions. Winters offers conclusions about research strategy as well as about the world we live in. Among the conclusions he reaches: * Since we value multilateralism, we had better work out what it means and, if it means different things to different people, make sure to identify the sense in which we are using the term. * Sector-specific lobbies are a danger if regionalism is permitted because they tend to stop blocs from moving all the way to global free trade. In the presence of lobbies, trade diversion is good politics even if it is bad economics. * Regionalism's direct effect on multilateralism is important, but possibly more so is the indirect effect it has by changing the ways in which groups of countries interact and respond to shocks in the world economy. * Regionalism, by allowing stronger internalization of the gains from trade liberalization, seems likely to facilitate freer trade when it is initially highly restricted. * The possibility of regionalism probably increases the risks of catastrophe in the trading system. The insurance incentives for joining regional arrangements and the existence of shiftable externalities both lead to such a conclusion. So too does the view that regionalism is a means to bring trade partners to the multilateral negotiating table because it is essentially coercive. Using regionalism for this purpose may have been an effective strategy, but it is also risky. This paper - a product of the International Trade Division, International Economics Department - was prepared for a conference on regional integration sponsored by the Centre for Economic Policy Research, La Coru-a, Spain, April 26-27, 1996, and will appear in the conference proceedings.