Is Government procurement a non fiscal incentive?
Government Procurement contracts is a very powerful, and yet often untapped, policy leaver to drive economic growth and development.
Category: Treaty
Building an Economic Engagement network between Africa and the Caribbean
An Economic Engagement Network is about how nations can improve their competitiveness by finding and creating value through the complex interplay between the various agreements (e.g. trade, investment treaties, double taxation agreements, air service agreements, standards mutual recognition, etc.) that they enter between each other.
What is Global Economic Governance?
The global economic governance system not only limits but at times directs policy choice/options of policy makers especially in the developing world. It will come as no surprise then that policy makers ands investors alike take a keen interest in this system.
Trade Agreements and Marketing Strategies
Understanding the opportunities and threats that free trade agreements provide to a specific industry or company are critical to success. Trade agreements are the roadmaps for global supply and value chains.
What is trade facilitation?
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The German Federal Constitutional Court and the European Stability Mechanism
By: Carsten Lexa The German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe dismissed motions on Wednesday that sought to block the Euro Zone’s permanent bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, or ESM. The ESM is designed to handle bailouts and work in tandem with the European Central Bank to buy the bonds of countries, such as Italy and Spain, that are straining
UK And US Legal Giants Race To Enter South Korea
The US firms just have a clear edge over their UK counterparts for two clear reasons; the first is due to the language of the trade agreements and the second is demographics.
The On Going US-China Trade Dispute Enters New Arena: “Green.”
By: Ainsley Brown The tit for tat trade battles, one could even say bordering on a trade war, has entered a new area – Green. More precisely the U.S. is investigating China’s alleged subsidization of its green technology sector (wind, solar and advanced batteries, etc.) in breach of WTO rules. The US Trade Representative has launched the investigation under section
White Zimbabwean Farmers To Get Justice In South Africa
By: Ainsley Brown Four white farmers who had their farms unlawfully seized under the regime of President Robert Mugabe are to seek by all accounts gain compensation in South Africa. A South African court has ruled recently that the farmers have the right to seek out and seize Zimbabwean government property in South Africa. The North Gauteng High Court ruled
EU and Vietnam Open Formal Trade Talks
By: Ainsley Brown The European Union (EU) and Vietnam have now officially stated free trade talks after Karel De Gucht, the EU Trade Commissioner, met with the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi. The talks come after the successful conclusion of the 2 year in the making deal signed with South Korea in October of last year. This