Essays about: "WTO thesis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 85 essays containing the words WTO thesis.
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1. A diversified idea paradigm? Mapping the evolution of economic environmental and climate ideas in the WTO Secretariat
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to highlighting how economic environmental and climate ideas are expressed in the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization and to compare this with how they are expressed in other international organisations. In the article The evolution of ideas in global climate policy, Jonas Meckling and Bentley B. READ MORE
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2. There are “two kinds of international organisations”: A case study of La Vía Campesina’s reaction to the WTO and the FAO opening up
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : A prominent movement for change of the current food system is Vía Campesina, a peasants’ movement advocating that food policy should incorporate perspectives from the most affected. Since the 1990s, international organisations (IOs) have opened up to non-state actors, allowing movements like Vía Campesina to occupy spaces ‘inside’ organisations instead of opposing from the ‘outside’. READ MORE
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3. Sanctions equal acts of aggression? : A study of the EU sanctions regime targeting the Russian Federation
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine whether the European Union’s (EU) sanctions regime currently targeting the Russian Federation could be regarded as an act of aggression according to international law. The thesis discusses acts of aggression as they are defined in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (UN Charter), the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and in accordance with the 2001 Draft Articles of the International Law Commission. READ MORE
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4. Patents or Patients? The COVD-19 Pandemic and Intellectual Property Rights
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : Worldwide inequality in the circulation of vaccines during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic re-ignited the ever-existing turmoil between rich, developed nations and poor, developing nations on the role of intellectual property (IP) against the fundamental right to health. The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) contribute to making medicinal products and diagnostic supplies more cost effectively for everyone around the world. READ MORE
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5. Discussing International Climate Regulations in a Post-colonial World : A Content Analysis on EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : In a contemporary with intense concerns towards global warming, this thesis has investigated the matter of how trade regulation policies, responding to climate change, are rhetorically motivated and discussed within international forums. Particularly by looking at the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and by critically dissecting how the EU has been navigating its conflicting position; on one hand, as the self-appointed leader of progressive climate actions, on the other hand, as the guardian of the common economic interests of the Union – and on a third stand, as a prominent member of the World Trade Organization, with binding obligations to not violate its rules. READ MORE
