This research funded by World Trade Organization Chair Program hosted by SQU, and done by Abdallah Akintola under the guidance of Dr Houcine Boughanmi, Dr. Hemesiri Kotagama and Dr. Lokman Zaibet, sought to explore the trade potential of Oman with…
The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement recently went into force following its ratification by two third of WTO members on 22 February 2017. The world trade report 2015 estimates showed that the full implementation of the TFA could reduce trade costs…
The Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) have recently embarked in an energy subsidy reform following the drastic drop of international oil prices in 2014. The reform consists of increasing energy prices (fuel, electricity, gas) in order to…
This book brings together a number of think-tank researchers to discuss hot issues in the field of international economic and Trade Governance from 2016 to 2017. The book includes 5 chapters. Namely, the new changes of the international economic and…
In the field of international economic and trade governance, state-owned enterprises and their relevant international competition rules have increasingly become a heated issue; at the same time, with the further development of global value chains,…
China Law Society: Research on the Legal Issues of the Competitive Neutrality of State-owned Enterprises
Date of Project: November/2015 to March/2017
Competitive neutrality is a set of regulatory frameworks that ensure the state treats all…
Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Soft Science Program: International Development of Biomedical Intellectual Property Incentive Mechanism and China's Countermeasures
Date of Project: June/2016 to July/2017
The Intellectual Property…
Research on the Legal Issues of China's Overseas Port Investment Operation under the "Belt and Road"
National Social Science Fund of China: Research on the Legal Issues of China's Overseas Port Investment Operation under the "Belt and Road"
Date of Project: June/2017 to June/2020
Nowadays, the launch of the initiative of the "…
National Social Science Fund of China: Research on Risk Assessment and Countermeasure of Banking System of Capital Outflow in China
Date of Project: July/2017 to December/2019
As China enters the “new normal” balance of payments characterized with…
Since the beginning of the 21st century, due to the increase of emerging economies and the changes of global economic structure, some international organizations represented by the WTO have encountered many difficulties including development…