December 14, 2018 Electronic commerce, and digital trade and technology more generally, can stimulate development, generate jobs and help build sustainable livelihoods. However just like previous changes in technology and trading patterns, for developing countries to benefit, they need...
Financial services (de-)regulation in trade agreements Part 1: GATS 1994 First services trade agreement Four modes of services trade Most important: mode 3, investment Market access and national treatment commitments via bottom-up approach Commitments can not be changed without...
The mini-ministerial meeting on 19 March, that India is sponsoring and hosting, faces the prospect of an intensified attack against multilateral trade liberalization from the sponsors of plurilateral initiatives on electronic commerce and investment facilitation among others, warns *D....
The eleventh World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC11) ended last December, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with no clear mandate on almost all the issues that members took to Argentina especially issues of interest to Africa such as agriculture...
Outline of presentation Introduction What are the Immerging issues The forums (Shopping Centres) for these issues Implication for Africa and the EU on these issues Should they Form part of the ACP-EU Framework Introduction The issues that have emerged...