Download or read book The WTO Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures TRIMS written by Gerard Greenfield and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of the Agreement on Trade related Investment Measures TRIMS on Foreign Direct Investment Laws in PRC Upon Accession to the WTO written by Xuefei Lu and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investment Implications of Selected WTO Agreements and the Proposed Multilateral Agreementon Investment written by Mr.Matthias Vocke and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The substantial increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent years has triggered a discussion of a uniform treatment of investment in international law. Most contributions to the multilateral investment framework derive from the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements on trade liberalization. The resulting framework is incomplete, as the WTO agreements restrict their focus on investment to aspects related to international trade and often apply to selected sectors only. A broader investment regime is needed to provide a more neutral incentive framework for investment liberalization and to promote efficient international investment flows.
Download or read book Protecting Foreign Investment written by Carlos M. Correa and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the mounting criticism that globalization is encountering, the developed countries continue to lose no opportunity to change the rules of the global economy in their favour, regardless of the impact on developing countries and the poor. This book examines one of the most important instances of this: the rich countries' insistence that the WTO not only launch a new round of world trade negotiations, but that rules which were supposed to be confined to trade issues now be extended by means of new agreements protecting foreign direct investment. What is being proposed would be at the expense of the freedom of developing countries to determine their own policies towards foreign capital in tune with their development policy objectives. The two authors of this book have an intimate knowledge of WTO negotiating processes. They explain in detail the North's relentless determination to give privileged protection to the overseas investments of its transnational corporations. These initiatives have included, inter alia, the OECD's failed MAI initiative, the World Bank-sponsored Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and Agreement on Trade-related Investment Measures (TRIMS). The authors spell out their consequences for developing countries. They examine whether there is any real case for a new multilateral framework on investment within the WTO. And they propose various options for developing countries to resist what amounts to a new form of Western protectionism, including how a development dimension could be incorporated in any new agreement, should the member countries of the WTO decide to proceed with negotiations. This book provides invaluable information and analysis for diplomats and trade negotiators, policy makers and scholars, as well as civil society activists concerned with the impact of TNC investments on development.
Download or read book Multilateral Disciplines for Investment related Policies written by Bernard M. Hoekman and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: June 1999 - Is there a strong case for developing countries to support the creation of a multilateral agreement on investment? Probably not. Existing agreements offer ample scope for liberalizing foreign direct investment in the area that matters most to developing countries: services. Hoekman and Saggi evaluate the potential benefits of international disciplines on policies toward foreign direct investment for developing countries. They conclude that the case for initiating negotiations on investment policies is weak, at present. Negotiating efforts that center on further liberalizing market access on a nondiscriminatory basis-especially for services-are likely to be more fruitful in terms of economic welfare and growth. Existing multilateral instruments, although imperfect, are far from fully exploited and provide significant opportunities for governments opening further access to markets. Hoekman and Saggi conclude that priority should be given to expanding coverage of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) before seeking to negotiate general disciplines on investment policies. This paper-a product of Trade, Development Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the group to prepare for the next round of WTO negotiations. The authors may be contacted at bhoekman@@worldbank.org or ksaggi @@mail.smu.edu.
Download or read book Trips Trims written by Sankalp Jain and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS Agreement”) is the first WTO agreement requiring Members to establish a relatively detailed set of substantive norms within their national legal systems, as well as requiring them to establish enforcement measures and procedures meeting minimum standards. The TRIPS Agreement is sometimes referred to as the first WTO agreement that prescribes “positive law”. This factor alone might account for a more than typical level of controversy as the Members deal, in many cases, with adopting rather far-reaching changes to their national legal systems. Prior to the Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-1994) that resulted in a well-rounded Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (“TRIMs Agreement”), only a few international agreements provided disciplines for measures restricting foreign investment and provided limited guidance in terms of content and country coverage. The OECD Code on Liberalisation of Capital Movements, for example, requires Members to liberalize restrictions on direct investment in a broad range of areas. The OECD Code's efficacy, however, is limited by the numerous reservations made by each of the Members.
Download or read book TRIMs Under WTO written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Trade Related Investment Measures in Developing Countries written by Jian Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade Agreement written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-01-19 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Trade Agreement A trade agreement is a wide-ranging taxes, tariff and trade treaty that often includes investment guarantees. It exists when two or more countries agree on terms that help them trade with each other. The most common trade agreements are of the preferential and free trade types, which are concluded in order to reduce tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions on items traded between the signatories. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Trade agreement Chapter 2: Free trade area Chapter 3: Trade bloc Chapter 4: Index of international trade articles Chapter 5: Most favoured nation Chapter 6: Central European Free Trade Agreement Chapter 7: Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement Chapter 8: Free trade areas in Europe Chapter 9: Preferential trading area Chapter 10: Free trade agreement Chapter 11: Market access Chapter 12: Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures Chapter 13: Jane Jacobs Chapter 14: Rules of origin Chapter 15: Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area Chapter 16: International investment agreement Chapter 17: Cross-national cooperation and agreements Chapter 18: Commercial policy Chapter 19: Spaghetti bowl effect Chapter 20: Trade policy of South Korea Chapter 21: Common Commercial Policy (EU) (II) Answering the public top questions about trade agreement. (III) Real world examples for the usage of trade agreement in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of trade agreement.
Download or read book Selected WTO Rules and Some Implications for Fund Policy Advice written by Thierry D. Buchs and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper surveys six WTO agreements selected on the basis of their potential relevance for Fund-supported programs, namely Customs Valuation, Subsidies, Safeguards, Antidumping, Trade-Related Investment Measures, and Trade in Services. It offers a critical reading of the rules, and highlights potential issues of concern for the Fund in its policy dialogue with member countries with selected country examples. As some rules have very different implications for various groupings of countries, the paper calls attention to policy consistency in the trade area of these countries, and points out some areas where implementation of the rules might pose problems.
Download or read book WTO Rules on Investment written by Amit Banerji and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prime factor of trade liberalization, investment, eludes a comprehensive coverage in the multilateral rule based regime under the World Trade Organization. The Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures, though one exclusively concentrated on investment, has proved to be insufficient as regards various barriers facing liberalization of cross-border investment flows are concerned. The proposed Multilateral Investment Agreement (MAI) of OECD Group of countries also having failed to come up as planned, the field remains unoccupied even today. It is high time, therefore, that a consensus needs to emerge at the multilateral level as regards basic rules of fair-play and liberalization of host country measures towards foreign investment flows.The chapterization is as under;I. IntroductionII. Trade Related Investment Measures: An Insight(A) What are Trade Related Investment Measures?(B) Why TRIMs?: The Underlying Rationale(C) Types of TRIMS(D) Effect of TRIMsIII. Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures(A) Genesis(B) Appraisal of Provisions of the Agreement(C) Salient Features of the Agreement(D) Shortfalls/Defects of the Agreement(E) Disputes Raised under the Agreement and Their ImplicationsIV. Other provisions of WTO dealing with Investment(A) GATT 1994(B) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)(C) Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement)V. Bilateral and Multilateral Investment Treaties and their Relationship with WTO(A) Bilateral Investment Treaties and Their Advantages(B) Multilateral Investment Treaties and Their Advantages(C) OECD's MAI(D) BITs Principles on Investment: Lessons to be learntVI. Conclusion.
Download or read book WTO Trade in Goods written by Rüdiger Wolfrum and published by Martinus Nijhoff. This book was released on 2011 with total page 1225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the GATT 1994 and all related agreements, which include those on Agriculture, Textiles and Clothing, Trade-Related Investment Measures, Implementation of Article VII GATT 1994, Preshipment Inspection, Rules of Origin, Import Licensi
Download or read book The Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures Curtailing FDI Into Developing Countries written by Livia Notter and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Durch das Inkrafttreten des WTO-Abkommens bezüglich Handelsbezogener Investitionsmassnahmen (TRIMS) fühlten sich die Entwicklungsländer eingeschränkt und fürchteten zurückgehende Investitionsflüsse. Das WTO-Abkommen verbietet den Gebrauch von vier Investitionsmassnahmen. Bisher fehlt in der Literatur eine Analyse zum Effekt des Abkommens auf FDI-Flüsse. Diese Arbeit hat das Ziel den Effekt des Abkommens auf die Direktinvestitionsflüsse in Entwicklungsländer zu untersuchen. Durch die Analyse der Investitionsentscheidung der multinationalen Firma und der vier betroffenen TRIMS wird die Hypothese aufgestellt, dass das Abkommen einen ungünstigen Effekt auf die Investitionsflüsse hatte. Diese Hypothesen werden mit Hilfe des Gravitationsmodells an den bilateralen Investitionsflüssen zwischen 11 Entwicklungs- und 30 Industrieländern getestet. Die Resultate unterstützen die Hypothese nicht, sondern zeigen, dass TRIMS keinen Effekt auf die FDI-Allokation der MNE hat.
Download or read book China the World Trade Organization and the Agreement on Trade related Investment Measures written by John S. Mo and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elimination of TRIMs the Experience of Selected Developing Countries written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication examines how six countries (Argentina, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Ethiopia and Viet Nam) have been affected by the elimination of Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs). The study suggests that the extent to which TRIMs have helped advance the objectives set out has varied considerably, reflecting the specific economic conditions and policy environment of the country using them.
Download or read book The Regulation of International Trade Volume 2 written by Petros C. Mavroidis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed examination of WTO agreements regulating trade in goods, discussing legal context, policy background, economic rationale, and case law. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has extended its institutional arsenal since the Kennedy round in the early 1960s. The current institutional design is the outcome of the Uruguay round and agreements reached in the ongoing Doha round (begun in 2001). One of the institutional outgrowths of GATT is the World Trade Organization (WT0), created in 1995. In this book, Petros Mavroidis offers a detailed examination of WTO agreements regulating trade in goods, discussing legal context, policy background, economic rationale, and case law. Each chapter examines a given legal norm and its subsequent practice. In particular, he discusses agreements dealing with customs clearance; “contingent protection” instruments, which allow WTO members unilaterally to add to the negotiated amount of protection when a certain contingency (for example, dumping) has occurred; TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) and SPS (Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Measures) agreements, both of which deal with such domestic instruments as environmental, health policy, or consumer information; the agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIM); sector-specific agreements on agriculture and textiles; plurilateral agreements (binding a subset of WTO membership) on government procurement and civil aviation; and transparency in trade relations. This book's companion volume examines the GATT regime for international trade.
Download or read book The Impact of Trade related Investment Measures on Trade and Development written by Theodore H. Moran and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 1991 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
