General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Intellectuelle (OMPI) - L’Organisation Internationale de Standardisation (ISO) - L’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (OMC / WTO) 5. L’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (OMC) - Origine : 1948 avec l’accord du GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade / Accord Général sur les Tarifs Douaniers et le Commerce) - But : faciliter l’expansion du commerce grâce à cette suppression des obstacles aux échanges - Principes : o Non discrimination o Interdiction du dumping et des subventions à l’exportation

International Commercial Transactions _ Balance of Power. _ The party who drafts the contract. _ The party familiar with written contracts. _ Enforcement of one sided contracts. 4 Aspects of International Commercial Transactions _ Cross-border rights and obligations. _ International Laws. _ Cross-cultural expectations. _ Enforcement. 5 Legal System _ Civil law or Continental law or Romano-Germanic law is the predominant system of law in the world. _ Civil law as a legal system is often compared

establishing the European Economic Community (“EEC Treaty”): signed in Rome on 25 March 1957/ entry into force January 1958 ( Purpose: embrace the whole economic relationships that may exist between MS. (eg agriculture, transportation, free movement of goods and people, etc.) in order to establish a Common Market (Means: promote the economic integration of national markets The EEC has evolved since 1957 through: ( Enlargements _ 6 original MS: Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg

reach agreement on the Doha Agenda and consequently, in the opinion of some commentators, is losing its relevance. Critically assess the arguments for and against this view. Introduction Since 1995, the World trade Organization (WTO) looks after the international business. Its goal is to help producer, exporter and importer to conduct their business. To do that, WTO tries to reduce barriers to free trade. Mainly, “WTO deals with trade rules between countries” ( Comprendre l'OMC, World Trade Organisation)

company incorporated established in 1890 in OSAKA, Japan. It manufactures garden tractors and ride-on mowers for professionals and private individuals as mechanized farming. The company has subsidiaries and affiliates in Oceania and Asia, as well as in North America, and is considering an expansion of its operations in Europe. Indeed, the European Union territory contents an enormous potential in terms of trade thanks to its internal market but also to its citizens. Indeed, constituted of its 27 Member

What is a global economic system? And how do international capital systems work? The global economic system refers to the arrangements and institutions that unite the world's economies in one global marketplace. Developments in international economics since World War II have led to the global system that exists today. The global economic system allows nations to engage in international trade, exchanging goods and services. The system also allows labor and capital to move more freely around

------------------------------------------------- Assessment of « EU Law in the global context » The European Union attracts more and more companies in the world which are considering expansion of their operations. Indeed, the European Union accounts today for 20% of global imports and exports. That makes the European Union the first trader in the world and that is why companies from others countries have the desire to export their goods in Europe or even wants to establish within the territory

Investment and Trade on Labour Conditions in Vietnam - A Case-Study of ABB, Ericsson and IKEA in Vietnam Författare Author Annika Eriksson & Margareta Przedpelska Sammanfattning Abstract This thesis examines labour conditions in Vietnam, and the impact of Swedish investments and trade on these conditions. The thesis is a qualitative investigation that includes a theoretical and an empirical part. The theories we use are international trade theory, focusing on comparative advantage and the Heckscher-Ohlin

WE GO? By Joost Pauwelyn* How does the World Trade Organization (WTO) relate to the wider corpus of public international law? What, in turn, is the role of public international law in WTO dispute settlement? This paper aims at resolving these two difficult questions. No straightforward answers to them can be found in WTO rules.1 Yet answering them has major ramifications both for the WTO (is the WTO a largely “self-contained regime” or is it not?2) and for international law (is the future of international

cooperation among governments in natural resource trade 23 July 2010 -- Trading in natural resources creates a great many challenges both for importing and exporting countries and governments need to cooperate more intensively if these challenges are to be adequately addressed, according to WTO economists. Director-General Pascal Lamy said: “I believe not only that there is room for mutually beneficial negotiating trade-offs that encompass natural resources trade, but also that a failure to address these