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0000-0002-4251-4558
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Bond University
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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-2012
DOI: 10.1177/139156141101300106
Abstract: Textiles and Clothing (T& C) is a critically important sector of international trade for developing countries and least developed countries (LDCs). The T& C sector engages abundant labour resources and requires low investment threshold. The T& C sector has been a contentious area in multilateral trade negotiations. With the expiration of quotas in 2005, many T& C dependent countries are experiencing considerable adjustment challenges. Pakistan is one such country that is extensively reliant on T& C industries. This research note presents a brief case study which looks at post-quota developments in Pakistan’s T& C trade and the trade and economic policy issues it raises. JEL: L67, L52, F50
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date: 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date: 2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-11-2011
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 23-06-2015
Publisher: The University of Queensland Law School
Date: 28-03-2020
Abstract: Export controls are gradually emerging as a source of contention within the World Trade Organisation (‘WTO’) law. Resource-exporting developing countries are increasingly finding it difficult to reserve the use of commodities and mineral resources for domestic purposes and downstream development due to the obligations imposed by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (‘GATT’) framework and WTO law. The problem is further exacerbated by the unclear guidelines and the overwhelming import-orientation of the provisions regulating international trade within the GATT/WTO framework. This article synthesises three important lessons that can be gleaned by policymakers from GATT/WTO jurisprudence in the construction of export controls in order to avoid a hostile response from other WTO Members concerned about equitable and free access to resources. The article argues that, as things stand today, GATT provisions leave little room for policymakers to prefer budding domestic sectors. Any preferential policies that seek inward ersion of resources will most likely attract a challenge in the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 31-01-2014
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Date: 07-04-2023
Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
Date: 09-04-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 06-12-2016
DOI: 10.1017/S204425131600028X
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed a rise in conflict between WTO members over the use of state subsidies designed to promote the renewable energy sector. Government subsidies are seen by domestic polic-ymakers as a key catalyst in attracting foreign investment, building capacity, and meeting other domestic policy goals. However, subsidies and other state incentivization programmes often carry trade-distorting effects. This paper examines the current state of WTO law and jurisprudence on subsidies extended to achieve environmental goals, in particular the Canada-Renewable Energy/Feed-in Tariff case and the more recent India-Solar Cells case which higlights the localization problem in the renewable energy sector. The case outcome shows that the WTO continues to maintain the status quo by prioritizing free trade over environmental considerations. The paper also discusses the possibility of reform in the GATT/WTO framework for promotion of renewable energy initiatives while maintaining the integrity of the system.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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