Essays about: "Bilateral agreements"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 66 essays containing the words Bilateral agreements.

  1. 21. EU FIRST? Examining the Promotion of Sustainable Development in EU Trade Agreements with Singapore and Vietnam

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Setterberg; [2018-06-21]
    Keywords : European Union; trade policy; ASEAN; Vietnam; Singapore; sustainable development; multilateralism; normative power; self-interested actor; norm promotion; trade agreements; bilateral;

    Abstract : This dissertation aims to determine why the EU is promoting sustainable development as a value in its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), but also to examine what kind of an actor the EU is in international relations. Since the 2015 Trade for All strategy, the EU has included sustainable development as a key objective in its trade strategy and one way of doing this is by adding a Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapter in its FTAs. READ MORE

  3. 22. Does size matter?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Dahlqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : Trade; Regional trade agreements; Gravity model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since the middle of the nineties, the amount of Regional Trade Agreements has risen sharply. This have created more opportunities for countries to join world trading and be more connected to the rest of the world. READ MORE

  4. 23. Merger Control Post-Brexit - An Analysis of the Future EU-UK Relationship and the Potential Effects on UK Merger Control

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Amanda Persson; [2018]
    Keywords : Brexit; UK; United Kingdom; England; Great Britain; EU; European Union; Storbritannien; Europeiska Unionen; M A; Mergers and Acquisitions; Merger Control; Merger Law; Företagskoncentration; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : After the Brexit referendum on the 23rd of June 2016 it is evident that the UK might be leaving the EU. In light of EU law, and the leave-campaign, the question of what will happen to UK merger control post-Brexit is especially riveting due to the internationality of merger control and the high impact of EU-control on competition law. READ MORE

  5. 24. A European Perspective of Better Economic Integration without Treaty Arbitration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Mohamed Zaker; [2018]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For the last two decades, international investment arbitration has been the most effective and reliable mechanism utilised by investors as a shield under the international protection against excessive states’ intervention. Acknowledging the significance of preserving a safe environment for conducting investments as well as promoting foreign direct investment was the leading element in the process of concluding bilateral agreements between the Member States themselves and third countries. READ MORE

  6. 25. Evaluating the effect of Bilateral Investment Treaties on Foreign Direct Investments and the role of Democracy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Ekstam; [2017]
    Keywords : Foreign direct investments; Bilateral investment treaties; Democracy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Foreign direct investments (FDI) have in later years become regarded as a key engine to economic growth, which many developing countries find appealing. Developing countries do however often find it hard to attract FDI since they have an unstable political environment due to inferior levels of democracy. READ MORE