The main idea of this paper is that the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone should proactively align with international high - standard investment facilitation rules (especially the WTO Agreement on Investment Facilitation, the Comprehensive and…
El Reglamento del Modelo OMC Ecuador 2024 – Conferencia Ministerial establece las normas y procedimientos para la simulación académica de la Conferencia Ministerial de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), en el marco del evento organizado por…
Esta Conferencia Ministerial, convocada por el Consejo Ejecutivo de la OIT, reunió a líderes mundiales para abordar los desafíos y oportunidades cambiantes del comercio internacional. En un contexto marcado por la incertidumbre económica y la rápida…
Históricamente la seguridad alimentaria ha sido y es una preocupación tanto para los tomadores de decisión como para los consumidores a nivel global. Garantizar el acceso y la disponibilidad de alimentos, es una tarea que pasa por la producción y el…
Recent research on international trade suggests that economic development and growth occur as countries gain knowledge and learn to produce and export more sophisticated products. This study examines the effect of trade facilitation on economic…
Abstract: After lengthy and tough negotiations, China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, which is widely considered as a landmark economic event in modern world history. The WTO accession marked a milestone of China’s…
This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation factors on trade flows, with a particular focus on Global Value Chains (GVCs) in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Using the structural gravity model of international and intra-national…
International arbitration institutions have been requested to administer an increasing number of investment disputes. In investment arbitration, a responding state usually stipulates its standing offers to arbitrate in the bilateral investment…
The Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (hereinafter “FCTC”) is the first treaty aiming to combat the tobacco epidemic under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). This multilateral convention seeks to pursue the highest public…
Concerns have been raised over the utilization of third-party funding in investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). This paper aims to examine how the tribunals deal with the arguments raised by the respondents in the proceeding and evaluate whether…