Regional trade
- Developing countries can cope with the global crisis with South-South trade
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Whilst the G-20 ministers meet to discuss the global slowdown parts of the developing world continue to grow. In part, this has been due to South-South trade and investment insulating emerging market economies from the turmoil. But is it realistic to expect developing countries to de-link from their traditional trade and investment partners in the long-run?
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- What are China's policy options in terms of trade?
- ( C. Taifeng / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs , 2009)
- Since joining the WTO, China has pursued a three-pronged economic and trade development strategy of pushing forward regional and bilateral trade cooperation while enhancing multilateral trade and coop...
- Protecting the poor and marginalised in Arab countries in light of the global economic crisis
- ( K. Mohamadieh;O. Pearce / Arab NGO Network for Development , 2009)
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Countries in the Arab region are particularly vulnerable to the fallout of the global economic crisis as a result of already existing high levels of unemployment, dependency on food imports, widesp...
- Countering the economic crisis in the Asia Pacific region
- ( United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2009)
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Responding to the current economic and financial crisis, which is severely affecting global trade, is an unprecedented challenge for policy makers of the Asia-Pacific region. The severity and ...
- The effect of an ASEAN-EU FTA on economic development in Southeast Asia
- ( A. Chandra;A. Manurung;D. Pambudi / Transnational Institute , 2009)
- The negotiations for a regional FTA represent a key component of both the global and regional economic integration strategies of both the EU and ASEAN. A distinct feature of these negotiations is the ...
- EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement: what are the factors entail risks of negative impacts?
- ( L. Hinojosa / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester , 2008)
- The trade-sustainable impact assessments of the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement find that the social and environmental impacts of the trade liberalisation scenario would be mixed and potential...
- Preferential agreements: a scope to introduce investment-restrictive measures in financial services commitments
- ( C. Stephanou / World Bank , 2009)
- The objective of this paper is to address the main considerations for China of including financial services in its preferential trade agreements (PTAs). The paper compares and contrasts the different ...
- Should free trade agreements (FTAs) try to harmonise competition laws?
- ( S. Sahu (ed);N. Gupta (ed) / Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations , 2008)
- The failure to include competition provisions at the WTO multilateral framework provided the scope for including their inclusion at bilateral/regional level. However, there are large differences acros...
- Chinese trade, investment and aid in Uganda: trends, costs and benefits
- ( African Economic Research Consortium , 2008)
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China's economic influence in Africa has been increasing over the years. The China-Africa summit held in November 2006 resulted in an estimated $ 1.9 billion in trade and investment ...
- Fairer trade contributing to peace
- ( D. Johnson;H. Sunman;N. Bates / Department for International Development, UK , 2009)
- In October 2006, COMESA and two developmental organisations embarked on a research project “Trading for Peace”. The project sought to deepen understanding of the links between trade in nat...
- Is negotiation capacity a sufficient condition to protect the interests of poor?
- ( S.M.A. Habib;A. Tanzin / Development Research Network , 2008)
- This study deems that in order to make effective use of the regional and multilateral trading system, the less developed countries (LDCs) need to develop their own positive agenda. This, in turn, impl...
