Essays about: "free trade agreements"
Showing result 36 - 40 of 73 essays containing the words free trade agreements.
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36. Mixing Politics and Economics: Understanding the Rise of FTAs in East Asia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This study tests whether the rise of free trade agreements (FTAs) in East Asia since 2000 has been an attempt to manage the growing complexity of trade both between members of that region and each other, as well as between them and the rest of the world. The study uses a measure of dependency based on GDP, as well as a measure of intraindustry trade as indicators. READ MORE
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37. Spurring Climate Change Action Beyond External Borders - A study of legal measures available to the EU to exert pressure on Canada to pursue climate change action in times of international institutional failure
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Climate change is one of today’s major challenges; a challenge with significant consequences that will affect all countries in different ways if a way to combat global warming by stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions cannot be agreed on. A global problem calls for an international response; however, the international climate regime has failed to deliver adequate results. READ MORE
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38. The impact of ASEAN-China free trade agreement on foreign-invested manufacturing locations in Asia: A case study of Husqvarna Construction Products AB
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Within the framework of the WTO, regional trade agreements have proliferated in recent years as a means to facilitate trade. While developed countries are struggling for growth, much attention has been directed towards the Asian emerging markets, and especially to China, in search for new business opportunities. READ MORE
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39. Trademark as a legitimate barrier in trade
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The relationship between Intellectual Property (IP), free movement of goods and competition law has always been complex. While IP safeguards an exclusive right that is territorial, the free movement of goods and competition principles aim to have free competition on the market and at first sight, they seem to be in conflict. READ MORE
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40. Economic Development and Environmental Degradation in the era of Neoliberalism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : After the 1980s, neoliberalism became the dominant philosophy of development across the world. Whereas the widespread implementation of neoliberal economic policies contributed immensely for a maximization of world economic integration and activity, critics argue that the ideology was also responsible for dramatically widening the inequality gap between and within nations, as well as for the increasing deterioration of the planet’s environmental base. READ MORE
