The last three decades have witnessed a proliferation of regional initiatives which have come about in view of the slow progress achieved at the level of the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly after the debacle of the Doha Round. The…
This manual aims at providing a tool for training cross border traders on gender issues in relation to trade and trade facilitation at the border posts.
This manual introduces the gender and development concept and what it means in relation to trade and trade facilitation at the border posts. This Training of Trainers’ (TOT) manual is for use by trainers for the training on cross border trade in…
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has been implementing a work programme supporting small-scale traders, through the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) and COMESA Trade Information Desks (TIDs) at key border crossings in…
This paper examines the impact of major disasters on import and export flows using a gravity model (170 countries, 1962–2004).As a conservative estimate, an additional disaster reduces imports on average by 0.2% and exports by 0.1%. Despite the…
The purpose of multilateral disciplines on subsidies is to avoid trade distortions, in order to
increase production efficiencies through competition. However, this objective may be defeated due
to defects in the structure of the WTO Agreement on…
In two early WTO cases, the Appellate Body found a failure to engage in negotiations to be arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination under the GATT Article XX chapeau. Subsequent jurisprudence has not applied a negotiation requirement. Instead, it…
This article analyzes how treaty structure affects regulatory autonomy by shifting the point in a treaty in which tribunals address public interest regulation. The article also analyzes how trade and investment treaties use a variety of structures…
World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Understanding (WTO DSU) is a two-tier mechanism. The first tier is international adjudication and the second tier is domestic handling of trade disputes. Both tiers are interdependent and interconnected. A…
World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Understanding (WTO DSU) is a two-tier mechanism. The first tier is international adjudication and the second tier is domestic handling of trade disputes. Both tiers are interdependent and interconnected. A…