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1. 1. A diversified idea paradigm? Mapping the evolution of economic environmental and climate ideas in the WTO Secretariat

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Holm; [2023]
   Keywords : WTO; climate; growth; ideas; institutions; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. The Impact of Trade Openness on the Gender Wage Gap in Urban China, 2002-2013

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Zhuoyi Sun; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the impact of trade openness on the gender wage gap in urban China after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. Using data from the 2002 and 2013 China Household Income Project (CHIP), this paper uses OLS regression and instrumental variable regression, to analyze the relationship between trade openness and the gender wage gap. READ MORE

4. 3. 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 institutionen

   Author : Sofie Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : La Vía Campesina; social movements; perception; international organisations; opening up; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : 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

5. 4. Sanctions equal acts of aggression? : A study of the EU sanctions regime targeting the Russian Federation

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Matyas Mitro; [2022]
   Keywords : international law; sanctions; acts of aggression; third-party countermeasures; economic aggression; EU; Russia;

   Abstract : 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

6. 5. Patents or Patients? The COVD-19 Pandemic and Intellectual Property Rights

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Fatema Noor Jasia; [2022]
   Keywords : Covid-19; Pandemic; Human Rights to Health; Patent Rights; Affordable Medicine; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : 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