Essays about: "international trade and welfare"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words international trade and welfare.

1. 1. Global Effect of the EU Food Carbon Tax on Food Industries and Products: Case Study of Brazil

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Shaomeng Sun; Lan Yao; [2022]
   Keywords : Carbon tax; Food Policy; International trade; Input Output;

   Abstract : Several researchers suggest an introduction of a food carbon tax in EU to reduce food emissions following the European Green Deal, but taking into account food international trade, such action in EU could raise global food prices and results in possible decline in food production in some regions, thus reduce people's welfare, which is not in line with the global Sustainable Development Goals. Given that existing studies mainly focus on the local environmental, social, and economic effects of a carbon tax, our paper takes a further step by studying the possible global effect of the EU food carbon tax on food industries and products with Brazil as a case. READ MORE

3. 2. Cut off cross-border data flow and international investment law. : A legal analysis of a restriction with an effect equivalent of a ban on cross-border data flow and the fair and equitable treatment standard found in bilateral investment treaties.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Victor Magnusson; [2021]
   Keywords : International investment law; FET standard; Cross-border data flow;

   Abstract : In the world we live in today, the international trade and economy is becoming more and more dependent on data. Data that can be transferred across borders and during the last couple of years there is an observable trend that the cross-border data flows is increasing. READ MORE

4. 3. Asiatisk svartbjörn, Ursus thibetanus, i Kinas gallindustri

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Sophia Panofsky; [2018]
   Keywords : asiatisk svartbjörn; Ursus thibetanus; gallfarm;

   Abstract : Björngalla används inom traditionell kinesisk medicin till att behandla en rad olika sjukdomar och tillstånd från halsont till frakturer, syfilis och cancer. Tjuvjagade vilda björnar var källan till den björngalla som användes i traditionell kinesisk medicin innan 1980. READ MORE

5. 4. "Trade wars are good, and easy to win" : A study of Trump’s steel tariffs and international trade

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Emelie Wallin; Emelie Åström; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : For a long time, free trade has been considered the optimal trade pattern for a country to increase its welfare. This idea has however been put to the test by the ongoing steel tariff implementations by the United States. President Donald Trump has argued that foreign production and export is hurting the American steel industry. READ MORE

6. 5. Saving dogs from dinner plates: An analysis of Animal Welfare Organizations’ strategies to end South Korea’s dog meat trade through advocacy, civic engagement, and social change

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Hanna Rhodin; [2018]
   Keywords : Communication for Development; Animal welfare; Advocacy campaign; Dog meat trade; Dog meat farm; South Korea; Social change;

   Abstract : Human consumption of dog meat in South Korea has been a topic of international scrutiny since the 1980s. This paper presents the findings of a research into how Korean and international animal welfare organizations design and implement initiatives that aim to bring an end to the dog meat trade, increase civic engagement and affect social change. READ MORE