Essays about: "free trade agreement"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 95 essays containing the words free trade agreement.

  1. 6. Peasant autonomy : seed-saving practices of maize in rural Jalisco, Mexico

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Klara Lindqvist; [2021]
    Keywords : maize; peasants; Mexico; resistance; anti-commodities; autonomy; seed-saving;

    Abstract : The debate of maize seeds in Mexico has been, and is, intense and divided, with large seed companies on one side, mass-producing improved maize seeds and lobbying for the introduction of transgenic maize cultivation, and on the other side activists wanting to conserve and protect the native maize seeds. Farmers in Mexico have been facing large changes since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. READ MORE

  3. 7. It's fun to stay at the (Af)CFTA : A qualitative study of the AfCFTA's impact on manufacturing SMEs in Kenya.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Axel Almius Cederstav; Rasmus Djerf; [2021]
    Keywords : Internationalization; Project business; Network; Uppsala model; Internationalization barriers; AfCFTA; Kenya; SMEs.;

    Abstract : In the recent couple of years, African countries have conducted a free tradeagreement which will affect the whole African continent. Providing the largestfree trade agreement in history so far in terms of participating countries. READ MORE

  4. 8. Free Trade Agreements and Gender (In)Equality: The Possible Gendered Consequences of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Elin Nilsson; [2020-08-07]
    Keywords : Free Trade Agreements; Sustainability Impact Assessments; Mercosur; European Union; Gender Equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Intersectionality;

    Abstract : The newly negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur has provoked both political and public controversy. Gender equality is one of the core values of the EU, and a prerequisite for a sustainable development. READ MORE

  5. 9. THE SHIFT TOWARD ELECTRIFICATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY - A Scenario Analysis Investigating What Sourcing Mode for Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Original Equipment Manufacturers Can Take to Meet Future Demand in The United States

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nicolina Jacobsson; Sara Svärd; [2020-07-22]
    Keywords : Automotive Industry; Electrification; Electrification in the United States; Lithium-ion Battery Cells; Scenario Planning; Sourcing; Sourcing Continuum; Transaction Cost Theory;

    Abstract : The automotive industry is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and has consequently commenced its transition toward producing more sustainable vehicles. Electric vehicles are contributing to sustainable development and due to new components, original equipment manufacturers are facing substantial supply chain challenges. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Legalisation of International Labour Standards in Trade Agreements : A Case Study of the Labour Provisions in the EU–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Edwall; [2020]
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    Abstract : International Labour Standards (ILS) has a prominent place in the current debate of globalisation. There has been an increased usage of ILS in different contexts, as references in domestic courts and international courts, as provisions in companies’ code of conducts and as provisions in trade agreements. READ MORE