Search results for: “free trade agreement”

  • Trade Treaties

    Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Note: there is more information on the Asian/Chinese legal Encyclopedia. Notion of of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP): The TPP is a free-trade agreement among Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore. Since 2010, eight other countries, including the U.S., have […]

  • Trade Treaties

    Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Note: there is more information on the Asian/Chinese legal Encyclopedia. Notion of of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP): The TPP is a free-trade agreement among Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore. Since 2010, eight other countries, including the U.S., have […]

  • Trade Liberalization

    Introduction Trade liberalisation involves removing or reducing barriers to trade between different countries. One of the opposing forces that have shaped the changing pattern of world trade over the last 200 years was the promotion of free trade. The Relative Impact of Trade Liberalization […]

  • European Free Trade Association

    Summary of European Free Trade Association A free trade area consisting of seven European countries among which tariffs and quantitative restrictions on industrial imports have been eliminated. Established in 1960 by the Stockholm Convention, EFTA originally included Austria, Denmark, […]

  • United States-peru Trade Promotion Agreement

    Implementation: United States-peru Trade Promotion Agreement ("ptpa") in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2011, both the United States and Peru took steps to implement the PTPA. On […]

  • World Trade Law

    World Trade Law Contents of World Trade Law Contents of this subject matter include: Introduction: the basis of world trade – an examination of comparative advantage and asking the question: “why trade at all?” the 'Buy Australia' Campaign, the relationship between […]

  • Environmental Goods Agreement

    Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) Negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) began on July 8, 2014, among the United States, Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland and Chinese Taipei – together accounting for 86 percent of global trade in environmental goods. Israel and Turkey…

  • Monetary Freedom

    Monetary Freedom Introduction The Index of Economic Freedom The Index of Economic Freedom measures ten components of economic freedom, assigning a grade in each using a scale from 0 to 100, Free Trade Agreements Find information about: Free trade: there is a free trade definition in the legal dictionary. Trade liberalization: know what is trade…

  • Monetary Freedom

    Monetary Freedom Introduction The Index of Economic Freedom The Index of Economic Freedom measures ten components of economic freedom, assigning a grade in each using a scale from 0 to 100, Free Trade Agreements Find information about: Free trade: there is a free trade definition in the legal dictionary. Trade liberalization: know what is trade…

  • Dictionary of International Trade

    Dictionary of International Trade Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator) Contents The Dictionary of International Trade of Global Negotiator include, among others, the following terms and acronyms: Back haul Back letter Back order Back to back letter of credit Backhauling Bad faith BAF Bailee Bailment Balance of payments Balance of trade Bale Bank acceptance Bank…

  • Dictionary of International Trade

    Dictionary of International Trade Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator) Contents The Dictionary of International Trade of Global Negotiator include, among others, the following terms and acronyms: Back haul Back letter Back order Back to back letter of credit Backhauling Bad faith BAF Bailee Bailment Balance of payments Balance of trade Bale Bank acceptance Bank…

  • Regional Trade Institutions

    Regional Trade Institutions Outline This entry examines regional trading arrangements, the laws and agreements that govern such arrangements, and their relationship to the international institutions and laws covered in the legal Encyclopedia. To familiarize students with the origins and structures of regional trade agreements, their role in governing international trade and investment, the extent to…

  • Baltic Free Trade Area

    Baltic Free Trade Area in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Baltic Free Trade Area: A prospective free trade area linking Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Objectives include elimination of […]

  • South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement

    South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA): A non-reciprocal […]

  • Economic Partnership Agreements

    EPA and the Treaties of the European Union Description of EPA provided by the European Union Commission: Economic Partnership Agreements: The ACP countries and the EU have agreed to enter into economic integration agreements – concluding newWTO compatible trading arrangements, progressively […]