Essays about: "right to development WTO"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words right to development WTO.

1. 1. Making the right decisions?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Tove Jarl; [2014]
   Keywords : WTO; Dispute Settlement; Game Theory; Stag Hunt; Great Recession; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This theory testing study investigates the decision-making of the member states in the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO, using a game theoretical approach. Game theory has its origins in political philosophy and can thus be valuable when analysing the behaviour of states in international regimes. READ MORE

3. 2. TRIPS, Patents and Traditional Knowledge

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Emily Metcalf; [2007]
   Keywords : TRIPS; Patents; Traditional Knowledge; CBD; PIC; ABS; Juridical science; Rättsvetenskap; juridik; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Through WTO membership, a large number of countries are parties to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, also known as TRIPs. The strongest form of IP protection is the patent, which grants a number of valuable exclusive rights when the criteria for patentability have been met. READ MORE

4. 3. Developing countries and emergency safeguard measures in world trade law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Carl-Owe Olsson; [2006]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Before going into details and regulations behind the safeguard measures it's important to understand the basic starting point. The members of WTO all agree to have tariffs at a certain level and the member countries are prohibited to raise the tariffs above this level. This makes the system predictable&semic every one knows the tariff levels. READ MORE

5. 4. Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceutical Products & Access to Essential Medicines in Developing Countries

   University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Niesporek; [2005]
   Keywords : Compulsory Licensing; TRIPS Agreement; 30 August Decision; Patents; Pharmaceutical Products; Pharmaceuticals; Medicines; AIDS;

   Abstract : For many years pharmaceutical patents and their impact on prices have been at the centre of the international debate over insufficient access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS medicines in developing countries. The conflict has largely revolved around the implementation of an intellectual property system in the developing world, subsequent the adaptation of the TRIPS Agreement, which has made a 20 year pharmaceutical patent protection mandatory for these countries and consequently contributed to high drug prices for patented medicines as well as limited the use of generic drugs. READ MORE

6. 5. China-EU trade relations : The period after 1975

   University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Leng Xue; [2004]
   Keywords : Social sciences; the EU; China; trade; China-EU trade relations; dumping; anti-dumping policy; the WTO; neo-realism; neo-liberalism; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze China-EU trade relations with focus on the period after 1975, when the diplomatic relations between China and EU developed. The research questions are (i) what is the driver in the development of China-EU trade relations? This question is subdivided into two questions: how do economic factors impact on China-EU trade relations and how do political factors influence China-EU trade relations? (ii) what are the existing problems in the current China-EU relations? (iii) what are the future prospects? To carry out the research questions and fulfill the aim of the paper, a qualitative and quantitative method has been chosen in order to interpret and understand China-EU traderelations. READ MORE