L'objectif général de l'atelier est de construire une réflexion collaborative, entre universitaires et praticiens, sur la capacité des mesures de facilitation de l'investissement à promouvoir l'élévation des pays africains dans les chaînes de valeur internationales.
Co-authors: Manfred Kouty
Ce cours se concentre sur les justifications théoriques et l'efficacité empirique des instruments de facilitation de l'investissement. Le concept a émergé pour la première fois en 2017 lors de la 11e Conférence mondiale de Buenos Aires, grâce à l'initiative des pays en développement et des pays les moins avancés de l'OMC. Négociations en cours à l'OMC. En 2021, plus de 110 membres ont adopté une déclaration commune.
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 economic opening and success in integration into the world economy. China’s trade opening, as well as global economic integration and multilateral trade rules, worked together to facilitate China gaining extraordinary economic and trade growth.
This double credit course on investment laws is a specialized educational offering being offered by the CITIL in collaboration with CTIL, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India under the aegis of WTO Chairs Programme, which represents a remarkable synergy of academic and practical expertise. This unique partnership brings together the academic rigor of a university program with the real- world insights and resources.
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 treaty (BIT). When choosing a specific arbitration institution to settle an investment dispute, the arbitration rules of that organization become the procedural rules governing the arbitral proceeding.
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 health protection standards and good global health governance. However, since the beginning of the FCTC negotiations, the tobacco industry has attempted to obstruct its development and implementation.
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 the arbitral tribunals have sufficient tools at their disposal to deal with the concerns. Among the general concerns, jurisdiction and abuse of procedure, conflict of interests, access to confidential information, and security for costs are among the arguments raised by the respondents in the proceedings.
Oman has been involved in various regional trade integration within the MENA region but has also displayed longstanding Indian ocean connection with the aim to diversity its trading partners and market opportunities. The Indian ocean has always been a trade nexus connecting Asia, the Middle East and Africa and has received new impetus in the course of the current decade. Along with other countries of the region, Oman created in 1997 the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) with the objective of promoting trade liberalization through trade and investment facilitation.