Download or read book Vietnam s Transforming Economy WTO Accession written by Kym Anderson and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 1999 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unilateral and regional ASEAN and now APEC) trade and investment liberalizations pursued by Vietnam during recent years have begun transforming the economy. The next logical step is to join the World Trade Organization, an application for which was submitted in 1995. The WTO legal bindings will give traders and investors increased confidence in the reform programme. This book outlines what the WTO accession process involves, what policies Vietnam will have to change, and what the economic effects will be, particularly on rural development.

Download or read book Vietnam s Transforming Economy and WTO Accession Implications for Agricultural and Rural Development written by Kym Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lao Economic Reform WTO Accession written by Kym Anderson and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unilateral and regional (ASEAN) trade and investment liberalizations pursued by the Lao PDR during the past few years have begun transforming the economy. The next logical step is to join the World Trade Organization, an application for which was submitted in 1998. The WTO legal bindings will give traders and investors increased confidence in the Lao reform programme. This book outlines what the WTO accession process involves, what policies the Lao Government will have to change, and what the economic effects will be, particularly on rural development.

Download or read book Vietnam s Economic Entities in Transition written by S. Sakata and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last two decades, Vietnam has been undergoing a process of deregulating economic activities and integrating into the global economy. The passing of the Enterprise Law in 1999, which facilitated the establishment of private enterprises, and the achievement of membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2007 were two of the landmark events in Vietnam's rapid growth over this period. In order to cope with such a socioeconomic and institutional transformation, Vietnam's domestic economic entities have employed various measures, including technical upgrading, a shift into new areas of business, the diversification of capital acquisition, the adoption of new models of corporate governance, and other measures. As a result, the reorganization of Vietnam's domestic economic entities, such as the equitization of many state-owned enterprises, the emergence of large-scale private enterprises and the revitalization of rural entrepreneurs have taken place in many areas. This book attempts to analyze economic activity in Vietnam, covering a variety of types and sizes of Vietnam's domestic economic entities from large-scale stateowned enterprises to micro-scale rural entrepreneurs.

Download or read book Vietnam s Membership of the WTO written by Thi Lan Anh Tran and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is designed to examine Vietnam's attempts to reform its economic and legal system in order to accelerate its economic development and the challenges it is facing as a result of its membership of the WTO. The thesis revolves around the following central research question: How has the Vietnamese legal system responded to the challenges brought about by modernisation driven by this country's membership of the WTO and what improvements are needed in its legal system to ensure that this agenda of modernisation is reconciled with the needs of its people as well as with the demands of the international trade and the intellectual property protection agenda. After a long period of negotiations Vietnam became the 150th WTO member on 11th January 2007. Like China, Vietnam has also been pursuing a policy of economic liberalization since 1986 while maintaining a socialist political system. On the road to economic development and prosperity for the people, Vietnam accepted many new obligations resulting from its WTO membership. Consequently, the country is now going through a period of breathtaking changes not only in transforming the economy but also all aspects of its legal system. By joining the WTO, Vietnam represents a unique case of an attempt to reform a centrally planned economy in order to transform itself into a system which was supposed to be compliant with the multi-lateral trading system led by the WTO, and based on the values of capitalism. The economic and legal transformation that Vietnam is going through as a result of membership to the WTO, and the nature and scope of obligations that Vietnam was required to undertake to become a member of this world trade body, makes a fascinating case for study. While still maintaining a single party political system, a huge transformation has been carried out in the legal framework of Vietnam in the past 20 to 25 years to bring the Vietnamese legal system up to the international legal standards expected by foreign trades and investors interested in doing business with and in Vietnam. Vietnam has finished its first few years with the WTO "machine" in operation and this country is now trying to progress with the same speed as with other WTO members. In order to deal with the challenges and to gain from the opportunities arising from its WTO membership appropriately, Vietnam is launching plenty of new initiatives in socio-economic policies and in the national legal system as well. However, the country is still facing many challenges concerning the integration of the main principles of international trade and economic law into a socialist legal system. It is in this context that this thesis examines the process of reform, its weaknesses and strengths, the merits and demerits of Vietnam's membership of the WTO with particular reference to the obligations arising from the international intellectual property regime, and proposes a set of recommendations designed to better equip Vietnam to deal with the challenges ahead. The focus is on the strengths and weaknesses of various reform programmes undertaken by the country and the lacunae that still exist in its legal system.

Download or read book The Impact of WTO Accession Case Study of Vietnam written by Hoang Chi Cuong and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this research is to assess the possible impact of the WTO on economic institutional changes, FDI inflows, and exports and imports of Vietnam. To achieve reliable and persuasive outcomes and to enhance the significance of the research, the author will employ the gravity model using the Hausman-Taylor (1981) estimator and updated figures from trustworthy sources (e.g., WTO negotiation documents of Vietnam, relevant research papers, state agencies and international organizations such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), etc.) for the empirical analysis in this research. This research should be especially useful to professional in international economics field, or anyone else who may be considering evaluating the impact of the WTO and FTAs on FDI flows and foreign trade of the member countries.

Download or read book WTO Accession and the Political Economy of State owned Enterprise Reform in Vietnam written by Vũ Thành Tự Anh and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vietnam New Pathway of an Economy written by Dinh Luong Nguyen and published by Afnil. This book was released on 2022-01-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the Autumn of 1989, the season when socialist countries prepared to negotiate for the 1991-1995 five-year trade agreement. To prepare in advance, I went ahead to Moscow and met a close friend who studied with me at the Moscow Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and who by then was the Deputy Finance Minister of the Soviet Union. "Luong, let's talk as friends", he said. "You'd better give up the mindset of asking for aid. You must stand tall and get rich like other people. The Soviet Union has many difficulties and is about to fall apart. There is absolutely nothing to give." I sat still, with a bitter taste in my mouth. I took a sip of black tea that was still hot and almost burned my throat. In the mid-80s of the last century, the Soviet Union's economic aid to Vietnam totalled about 1 billion rubles per year. "Everything will be taken care of by the Soviet Union" had become a catchphrase. No one could imagine what it would be like if aid was suddenly cut off. In the early autumn of 2000, 11 years later, I was in the Oval Office at the White House, shaking hands with US President Bill Clinton after the Vietnam-US Bilateral Trade Agreement was signed. What happened during those 11 years? The Soviet Union collapsed as my friend, the Deputy Finance Minister, had warned. Aid dried up. The market of socialist block disappeared. Due to the long-term embargo, Vietnam faced difficulties from all directions. In 1995, the turning point: the normalisation of relations with the US and then Vietnam joined ASEAN. EU countries, Japan, Korea and others started to do business with Vietnam. And in 2000, Vietnam signed a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the US. The BTA negotiations, which took place between 1995 and 2000, did not only complete the "normalisation" process but also opened the door for Vietnam to join the WTO and integrate into the global economy. If the declaration of the normalisation of relations between the two countries in 1995 helped the US and Vietnam put behind their hostility, the BTA indeed brought the two countries together in a mutually beneficial partnership. Signing the BTA with the US, and subsequently joining the WTO, did not only give Vietnam access to many new markets, but also accelerated drastic and far-reaching changes in our legal system, economy, and entire society. It was an emergency turnaround, one that brought Vietnam out of a historic dilemma. The signing of the BTA was also a difficult and arduous step. A step that took nearly 5 years to complete, with dozens of rounds of negotiations, thousands of pages of text written and rewritten. It was one step, but with a full range of emotion - from hesitation and hope to disappointment and determination to reach the destination. The book - comprising my writings and writings by the former US Chief of Staff Joseph Damond, comments from Former US President Bill Clinton and Former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Manh Cam, interviews with me, Mr. Damond and others - recounts the difficult and lengthy negotiations, the troubles of a Vietnam that was transforming its economy, the doubts from the two former enemies who held many grudges, the clever tricks and tactics of the negotiators who ended up "walking the wire" for five years, and all the disappointing moments right through to the very end that was happy just like a dream. This book contains macro assessments about the new generation of free trade agreements and the trend of economic integration in the new context, as well as many interesting, seemingly small behind-the-scene details that nevertheless could have influenced the course of history.

Download or read book WTO Accessions and Trade Multilateralism written by Uri Dadush and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 1015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how WTO accession negotiations have expanded the reach of the multilateral trading system both geographically and conceptually.

Download or read book Non market Economies in the Global Trading System written by James J. Nedumpara and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides one of the most comprehensive and compelling analysis of Non-Market Economies (NMEs) and their treatment under the current world trading system. In particular, it examines the treatment of China as an NME in anti-dumping investigations, especially post-December 2016. Central to this analysis is Section 15 of China’s Protocol of Accession to the WTO, which is the focal point of the controversy between China and other major WTO Members. The book highlights multiple perspectives on the interpretation of Section 15 and the Second Ad Note to Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which form the legal basis for China’s special treatment in anti-dumping proceedings, and provides unique approaches on interpreting the above treaty texts. In addition, the book explores recourses to trade remedy instruments other than anti-dumping to identify and address state-driven market distortions in the case of NMEs. Authored by leading practitioners and scholars, the chapters offer a detailed commentary and rich insights into the diverse approaches and methods used by anti-dumping investigation agencies of leading users. This book serves as an all-inclusive resource for discerning all facets of this issue, magnitude of the consequences, and potential threats to the delicate trading system. It is of particular relevance to economies-in-transition and newly acceding countries to the WTO. This book generates special interest among legal practitioners, exporters, trading firms, think tanks, academicians, policy makers and the entire community engaged in international trade disputes with China.

Download or read book Vietnam 2035 written by World Bank Group;Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years of Ä?ổi Má»›i (economic renovation) reforms have catapulted Vietnam from the ranks of the world’s poorest countries to one of its great development success stories. Critical ingredients have been visionary leaders, a sense of shared societal purpose, and a focus on the future. Starting in the late 1980s, these elements were successfully fused with the embrace of markets and the global economy. Economic growth since then has been rapid, stable, and inclusive, translating into strong welfare gains for the vast majority of the population. But three decades of success from reforms raises expectations for the future, as aptly captured in the Vietnamese constitution, which sets the goal of “a prosperous people and a strong, democratic, equitable, and civilized country.†? There is a firm aspiration that by 2035, Vietnam will be a modern and industrialized nation moving toward becoming a prosperous, creative, equitable, and democratic society. The Vietnam 2035 report, a joint undertaking of the Government of Vietnam and the World Bank Group, seeks to better comprehend the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. It shows that the country’s aspirations and the supporting policy and institutional agenda stand on three pillars: balancing economic prosperity with environmental sustainability; promoting equity and social inclusion to develop a harmonious middle- class society; and enhancing the capacity and accountability of the state to establish a rule of law state and a democratic society. Vietnam 2035 further argues that the rapid growth needed to achieve the bold aspirations will be sustained only if it stands on faster productivity growth and reflects the costs of environmental degradation. Productivity growth, in turn, will benefit from measures to enhance the competitiveness of domestic enterprises, scale up the benefits of urban agglomeration, and build national technological and innovative capacity. Maintaining the record on equity and social inclusion will require lifting marginalized groups and delivering services to an aging and urbanizing middle-class society. And to fulfill the country’s aspirations, the institutions of governance will need to become modern, transparent, and fully rooted in the rule of law.

Download or read book Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation written by Peter Gallagher and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents different experiences among economies in addressing the challenges of participating in the WTO.

Download or read book Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019 Economic Diversification and Empowerment written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition analyses how trade can contribute to economic diversification and empowerment, with a focus on eliminating extreme poverty, particularly through the effective participation of women and youth. It shows how aid for trade can contribute to that objective by addressing supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure constraints, including for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises notably in rural areas.

Download or read book Markets Over Mao written by Nicholas R. Lardy and published by Peterson Institute for International Economics. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's transition to a market economy has propelled its remarkable economic growth since the late 1970s. In this book, Nicholas R. Lardy, one of the world's foremost experts on the Chinese economy, traces the increasing role of market forces and refutes the widely advanced argument that Chinese economic progress rests on the government's control of the economy's "commanding heights." In another challenge to conventional wisdom, Lardy finds little evidence that the decade of the leadership of former President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao (2003–13) dramatically increased the role and importance of state-owned firms, as many people argue. This book offers powerfully persuasive evidence that the major sources of China's growth in the future will be similarly market rather than state-driven, with private firms providing the major source of economic growth, the sole source of job creation, and the major contributor to China's still growing role as a global trader. Lardy does, however, call on China to deregulate and increase competition in those portions of the economy where state firms remain protected, especially in energy and finance.

Download or read book Global Trends 2040 written by National Intelligence Council and published by Cosimo Reports. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Download or read book Understanding the WTO written by and published by World Trade Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book China s Great Economic Transformation written by Loren Brandt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. The authors combine deep China expertise with broad disciplinary knowledge to explain China's remarkable combination of high-speed growth and deeply flawed institutions. Their work exposes the mechanisms underpinning the origin and expansion of China's great boom. Penetrating studies track the rise of Chinese capabilities in manufacturing and in research and development. The editors probe both achievements and weaknesses across many sectors, including China's fiscal, legal, and financial institutions. The book shows how an intricate minuet combining China's political system with sectorial development, globalization, resource transfers across geographic and economic space, and partial system reform delivered an astonishing and unprecedented growth spurt.