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Strengthening the Resilience of Pandemic-Related Medical Product Supply Chains - Assessing the Relationship Between the WHO Pandemic Agreement and the WTO
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities in global public health governance and the international trade system, particularly in the distribution of essential medical products. Despite entering a post-pandemic era, the risk of future…
Strengthening the Resilience of Pandemic-Related Medical Product Supply Chains - Assessing the Relationship Between the WHO Pandemic Agreement and the WTO
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities in global public health governance and the international trade system, particularly in the distribution of essential medical products. Despite entering a post-pandemic era, the risk of future…
Insécurité alimentaire et énergétique et résilience économique dans les pays d'Afrique centrale
Cette publication présente les actes de la deuxième conférence internationale sur le thème : « Insécurité alimentaire et énergétique et résilience économique dans les pays d'Afrique centrale » qui s'est tenue au Cameroun en décembre 2024.
Boosting the intra-African digital trade in the AfCFTA context: does regulatory framework matter?
Digital trade is one of the promising areas for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and a factor of succcess of the African Union Digital Transformation Strategy (DTS) for Africa (2020–2030). However, the benefts of digital trade are…
Labor Clauses in Preferential Trade Agreements: How Do They Affect Informality?
We study the effect of the labor clauses (LCs) in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on the informal economy. Using a sample comprising 112 countries for the period 2000-2017, we show that PTAs increase informality in low- and middle-income…
Has the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations impacted on tourism flows of member countries?
Purpose – Using panel data for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member states, the present study explored the role of RCEP negotiations on tourism development. Design/methodology/approach –Adynamic econometric model, namely the…
Progressive Trade: Labour and Gender, Oxford University Press
This chapter provides an overview of the growing influence of both labour standards and gender equality concerns in contemporary trade debates, and in particular how existing FTAs have increasingly accommodated both types of issues. In the following…
CAN THE CPTPP HELP? THE (UN)EXPECTED ROLES OF THE CPTPP TO ERADICATE FORCED LABOR ISSUES IN TAIWANESE DISTANT WATER FISHERIES
Labor rights and working conditions may be affected if international trade and investment agreements are concluded between contracting parties. Some assert that these agreements advance states’ labor conditions because boosting economic activities…
Impact des politiques de commerce et d’investissement sur l’emploi productif et décent: Rapport pays pour la Tunisie
El impacto del COVID19 en el comercio internacional
Si bien las estadísticas oficiales no estarán disponibles hasta junio, de acuerdo a las últimas proyecciones suministradas por la OMC, el COVID-19 agravará aún más una tendencia que ya era desalentadora para el comercio de mercancías. Ello surge de…