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Not Just Sea Turtles, Let’s Protect Women Too: Invoking Public Morality Exception or Negotiating New Gender Exception in Trade
The most common provisions we find in almost all multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements are the exception clauses that allow countries to protect public morals, humans, animals or plant health and life, and conserve exhaustible…
The Mexican Front-of-Pack Labeling Reform: Is It Compatible with International Trade Law?
Mexico has by far the world’s highest death rate linked to obesity and other chronic diseases. As a response to the growing pandemic of obesity, Mexico has adopted a new compulsory front-of-pack labeling regulation for pre-packaged foods and non-…
Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era
This book explores the ways to 'rethink', 'repackage' and 'rescue' world trade law in the post-COVID-19 era. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an important context, the book makes original and critical contributions to the growing debate over a range…
La libéralisation commerciale est-elle toujours bénéfique?
Messages Clés : 1. La réduction tarifaire suite à la libéralisation commerciale diminue les prix locaux en Tunisie de seulement 10%. 2. La raison principale est le manque de compétitivité dû à la forte concentration de pouvoir de marché aux mains de…
Global value chains in the age of internet: what opportunities for Africa?
This chapter analyses the impact of the internet on global value chains (GVCs) in Africa. We investigate the effect of internet adoption on forward participation and backward participation of African countries in GVCs. We conduct the estimations…
Is Tunisia trade policy pro-poor
The 2015 joint report emphasized that the greatest impact on poverty reduction will come from a coherent and multi-pronged approach that addresses these specific constraints. To this end, the report discussed policy actions that governments can take…
Trade policy without trade facilitation: Lessons from tariff pass-through in Tunisia
 This chapter evaluates the extent to which changes in tariffs and in international prices were transmitted into consumer prices in Tunisia over the period 2000– 2008. A pass-through equation is estimated using sectoral panel data at the retail…
Putting Women at the Heart of Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery: How Trade Agreements Can Help
The blog discusses how this crisis presents a unique opportunity to explore how trade policies, including the pursuit of free trade agreements (FTAs), and how FTAs can contribute to women’s empowerment and hence place women at the heart of economic…
Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements: What Have We Achieved, and What More Is Needed for Inclusive Recovery
Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements: What Have We Achieved, and What More Is Needed for Inclusive Post-Pandemic Recovery?, in Amrita Bahri, Weihuan Zhou, Daria Boklan (eds.), Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the…
Book: Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era
https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/rethinking-repackaging-and-re… This book explores the ways to 'rethink', 'repackage' and 'rescue' world trade law in the post-COVID-19 era. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an…