Mark | Date Date | Title Title | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 57 | 01 Feb 2009 |
Integrating Development into EPAs
This issue of Trade Hot Topics closely examines the provisions of the CARIFORUM EPAs in services and looks at the ways in which they might be tailored to suit the interests and priorities of non-Caribbean ACP countries. |
|||
No. 56 | 01 Feb 2009 |
The New EC Regulation on Illegal Fishing
On 29 September 2008, the Council of the European Union adopted EC No. 1005/2008 ‘establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’. This new IUU Regulation, scheduled to enter into force on... |
|||
No. 55 | 01 Jan 2009 |
WTO Doha Round
This issue of Trade Hot Topics examines the small economies initiative, a concerted effort by small economies to gain both the recognition of their concerns and special treatment in the WTO. It looks at the issue of defining small economies and gives... |
|||
No. 54 | 01 Dec 2008 |
An EU-India Free Trade Agreement
In October 2006 a European Union–Indian High Level Trade Group agreed the parameters for an ambitious Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two. For Europe, this was part of the EU’s ‘Global Europe’ initiative which aimed at setting up trade... |
|||
No. 53 | 01 Nov 2008 |
Ways Forward for the Multilateral Trading System
Since the breakdown of the July 2008 Mini-Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and due to the renewed apprehension regarding the rise of protectionism and possible proliferation of Free Trade Areas, concerns have been expressed about the... |
|||
No. 52 | 01 Oct 2008 |
Surging Food Prices and Commonwealth Developing Countries
Since 2003, international prices of a wide range of commodities have surged upwards in dramatic fashion, in many cases more than doubling in the space of a few years or even months. Unlike other commodities, surging food prices are of special concern... |
|||
No. 51 | 01 Sep 2008 |
Coherence in trade policy
No government ever has complete uniformity in its policies in the sense that each and every policy aims to achieve the same broad goals. Governments have multiple objectives and so complete policy coherence in any field is almost impossible. Even... |
|||
No. 50 | 01 Aug 2008 |
The effectiveness of aid for trade
Aid for Trade (AfT) has moved up both the aid and trade agendas. Several studies have emerged describing the rationale of aid for trade, but it is now time to move beyond the descriptive stage and into analysing the needs and designing the... |
|||
No. 49 | 01 Jul 2008 |
Services Trade and Domestic Regulation
The service sector has become increasingly important in national output and employment of developing and least developed countries (LDCs). For many of these economies, services constitute a fast growing and often-dominant sector in gross domestic... |
|||
No. 48 | 01 Apr 2008 |
Agriculture and Rice Trade Liberalisation
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture made significant progress on establishing new rules governing the operation of the sector and international trade in agricultural goods. The initial reforms, however, did not bring about the expected... |
|||
No. 47 | 01 Jan 2008 |
Aid for Trade and Economic Partnership Agreements
This issue of Trade Hot Topics examines the relationship between Aid for Trade (AfT) and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The current AfT is taking place mainly under a WTO multilateral framework, although there is also a place for AfT in the... |
|||
No. 46 | 01 Oct 2007 |
Aid for Trade
There is a great deal of uncertainty among both developed and developing countries about the new Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative. Among developing countries in particular, there is unease about the timing of AfT and the fact that the development... |
|||
No. 45 | 01 Jul 2007 |
An Appraisal of the Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting
This issue of Trade Hot Topics examines the outcome of the sixth WTO Ministerial Meeting held in Hong Kong in December 2005 and assesses the challenges faced by members in concluding the Round within the set timeframe, including understanding the... |
|||
No. 44 | 01 Apr 2007 |
EBA-equivalence for non-LDC Sugar Exporters?
The EU’s Everything but Arms (EBA) initiative provides preferential access to the EU for least developed countries’ (LDCs) agricultural exports. This involves unrestricted duty-free access for most of these products, though in the case of a few... |
|||
No. 43 | 01 Jan 2007 |
Regional Integration Agreements in Eastern and Southern Africa
There has been a worldwide resurgence of regional integration agreements (RIAs) in the last 20 years. It is estimated that between 40 and 60 per cent of world trade occurs within regional trading blocs. Africa’s appetite for RIAs is particularly... |
|||
No. 42 | 01 Oct 2006 |
Traceability
Traceability is defined by Art 3(15) as ‘the ability to trace and to follow a food, feed, food producing animal or substance intended to be or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through all stages of production, processing and... |
|||
No. 41 | 01 Jul 2007 |
Trade Facilitation
Trade facilitation has become a hot topic in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Round of multilateral trade negotiations. Humble, technical issues concerning goods in transit, fees and formalities for exports and... |
|||
No. 40 | 01 Apr 2007 |
New Preferential Arrangements for Developing Countries
On 7 July 2004, the European Commission issued a Communication setting out its plans to overhaul its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), the basis upon which the EU extends tariff preferences to developing countries. The Communication, which... |
|||
No. 39 | 01 Jun 2005 |
Beyond EU Sugar Reform
The export of cane sugar to the European Union by several ACP countries and India has been facilitated by special guaranteed arrangements enshrined in the Sugar Protocol. The secure earnings from this trade have contributed to stability of rural... |
|||
No. 38 | 01 Mar 2005 |
Mututal Recognition Agreements and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge
The legal protection of traditional knowledge has emerged as an issue of global importance propelled in large part by the increased interest of biotechnology companies in the genetic resources of developing countries. In recent years, the... |
Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics
English
- ISSN: 20719914 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.14217/20719914
101 - 120 of 157 results
Integrating Development into EPAs
Sherry Stevenson
01 Feb 2009
This issue of Trade Hot Topics closely examines the provisions of the CARIFORUM EPAs in services and looks at the ways in which they might be tailored to suit the interests and priorities of non-Caribbean ACP countries.
The New EC Regulation on Illegal Fishing
Martin Tsamenyi
01 Feb 2009
On 29 September 2008, the Council of the European Union adopted EC No. 1005/2008 ‘establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’. This new IUU Regulation, scheduled to enter into force on...
WTO Doha Round
Ransford Smith
01 Jan 2009
This issue of Trade Hot Topics examines the small economies initiative, a concerted effort by small economies to gain both the recognition of their concerns and special treatment in the WTO. It looks at the issue of defining small economies and gives...
An EU-India Free Trade Agreement
Centre for Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex
01 Dec 2008
In October 2006 a European Union–Indian High Level Trade Group agreed the parameters for an ambitious Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two. For Europe, this was part of the EU’s ‘Global Europe’ initiative which aimed at setting up trade...
Ways Forward for the Multilateral Trading System
Debapriya Bhattacharya
01 Nov 2008
Since the breakdown of the July 2008 Mini-Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and due to the renewed apprehension regarding the rise of protectionism and possible proliferation of Free Trade Areas, concerns have been expressed about the...
Surging Food Prices and Commonwealth Developing Countries
Derek Headey
01 Oct 2008
Since 2003, international prices of a wide range of commodities have surged upwards in dramatic fashion, in many cases more than doubling in the space of a few years or even months. Unlike other commodities, surging food prices are of special concern...
Coherence in trade policy
Chris Stevens
01 Sep 2008
No government ever has complete uniformity in its policies in the sense that each and every policy aims to achieve the same broad goals. Governments have multiple objectives and so complete policy coherence in any field is almost impossible. Even...
The effectiveness of aid for trade
Massimiliano Calì
01 Aug 2008
Aid for Trade (AfT) has moved up both the aid and trade agendas. Several studies have emerged describing the rationale of aid for trade, but it is now time to move beyond the descriptive stage and into analysing the needs and designing the...
Services Trade and Domestic Regulation
Rupa Chanda
01 Jul 2008
The service sector has become increasingly important in national output and employment of developing and least developed countries (LDCs). For many of these economies, services constitute a fast growing and often-dominant sector in gross domestic...
Agriculture and Rice Trade Liberalisation
Mohammad A. Razzaque
01 Apr 2008
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture made significant progress on establishing new rules governing the operation of the sector and international trade in agricultural goods. The initial reforms, however, did not bring about the expected...
Aid for Trade and Economic Partnership Agreements
Mark Pearson
01 Jan 2008
This issue of Trade Hot Topics examines the relationship between Aid for Trade (AfT) and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The current AfT is taking place mainly under a WTO multilateral framework, although there is also a place for AfT in the...
Aid for Trade
Elizabeth Parsan
01 Oct 2007
There is a great deal of uncertainty among both developed and developing countries about the new Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative. Among developing countries in particular, there is unease about the timing of AfT and the fact that the development...
An Appraisal of the Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting
Ivan Mbirimi
01 Jul 2007
This issue of Trade Hot Topics examines the outcome of the sixth WTO Ministerial Meeting held in Hong Kong in December 2005 and assesses the challenges faced by members in concluding the Round within the set timeframe, including understanding the...
EBA-equivalence for non-LDC Sugar Exporters?
Chris Milner
01 Apr 2007
The EU’s Everything but Arms (EBA) initiative provides preferential access to the EU for least developed countries’ (LDCs) agricultural exports. This involves unrestricted duty-free access for most of these products, though in the case of a few...
Regional Integration Agreements in Eastern and Southern Africa
Richard Hess
01 Jan 2007
There has been a worldwide resurgence of regional integration agreements (RIAs) in the last 20 years. It is estimated that between 40 and 60 per cent of world trade occurs within regional trading blocs. Africa’s appetite for RIAs is particularly...
Traceability
Martin Doherty
01 Oct 2006
Traceability is defined by Art 3(15) as ‘the ability to trace and to follow a food, feed, food producing animal or substance intended to be or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through all stages of production, processing and...
Trade Facilitation
Carol Cosgrove-Sacks
01 Jul 2007
Trade facilitation has become a hot topic in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Round of multilateral trade negotiations. Humble, technical issues concerning goods in transit, fees and formalities for exports and...
New Preferential Arrangements for Developing Countries
Carol C. George
01 Apr 2007
On 7 July 2004, the European Commission issued a Communication setting out its plans to overhaul its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), the basis upon which the EU extends tariff preferences to developing countries. The Communication, which...
Beyond EU Sugar Reform
Edwin Laurent
01 Jun 2005
The export of cane sugar to the European Union by several ACP countries and India has been facilitated by special guaranteed arrangements enshrined in the Sugar Protocol. The secure earnings from this trade have contributed to stability of rural...
Mututal Recognition Agreements and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Paul Kuruk
01 Mar 2005
The legal protection of traditional knowledge has emerged as an issue of global importance propelled in large part by the increased interest of biotechnology companies in the genetic resources of developing countries. In recent years, the...