Essays Tagged: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade"

Advantages of technology in the international market

mpetitors are combining and forming alliances to cut cost and increase the profit margin. Chrysler, ong>Generalong> Motors and Ford have formed an alliance in research and development to avoid duplication. Th ... rld economy in hope for increased profits and governments are beginning to listen.Since 1986 (GATT) ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade have taken the incitive to move towards the liberalization of ...

(3 pages) 210 0 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Overview of the WTO and the historical controversy surrounding the Seattle Riots. Touches on the future of the WTO.

whose sole objective was to arbitrate trade disputes through peaceful negotiations; therefore, the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was created in 1947. During the post-WW II period of e ... hai Panitchpakdi, describes where he would like to see the WTO as he takes the position of Director ong>Generalong> of the WTO in February of 2002.Mr. Panitchpakdi discusses what his plans are going to be for ...

(9 pages) 152 1 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Outline the development of the World Trade Organisation and critically evaluate its role in the twenty first century.

n Geneva, Switzerland and was created by the Uruguay Round negotiations. It is the successor to the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the Second World War. While ... da as the agreement to seek reductions in agricultural export subsidies was considered by all to be generally beneficial to the environment. It was confirmed by the WTO that the ultimate aim was to ph ...

(5 pages) 213 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Antidumping Trade law or game law

ed in 1995 the antidumping had emerged as the "prima donna" of trade remedies permissible under the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). (1)During the Uruguay Round (1986-1994) while the gov ... es from abroad is substantially greater than its marginal costs of production for the dumped goods. ong>Generalong>ly this can be achieved where there is a declinig cost industry involving economies of sale. ...

(72 pages) 732 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Liberalization of Trade

rade3) Examples of Liberalization of Tradea. North American Free Trade ong>Agreementong>b. European Unionc. ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade4) Advantages and Disadvantages of Liberalization of Trade5) W ... very important factor in developing marketing mixes that satisfy the needs of European customers.c. ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)Like NAFTA and the European Union, the ong>Generalong> Agreemen ...

(24 pages) 507 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

"A broad description/analsys of the WTO process until this day and the future of the WTO"

of how the WTO was started, its significant milestones, and what the future brings for the WTO.The ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and TradeThe general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) was formed a ... services. All but two of the agriculture negotioations should be completed by 2005, according to a general concensus reached in 2000. Paragraph five of the declaration is related to Trade-related asp ...

(8 pages) 190 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Intellectual Property Rights

ral role that intellectual property played during the negotiations leading to the last round of the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade, are well-known examples of this phenomenon.As a result, ques ... o do our answers. However, first we have to know what intellectual property rights are and what the general theories surrounding these rights in the study of GPE are.The World Trade Organisation has ? ...

(9 pages) 438 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The WTO talks in Cancun

also policing trade violations (World Trade Organisation, 2003).The WTO developed out of GATT, the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade. GATT came into being after the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference ...

(7 pages) 53 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Emerging Markets and Regions Paper

these emerging markets lies within a free-trade region. There are ten free-trade regions under the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Included are regions such as the North American Free ...

(5 pages) 189 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

What Do You Think of The World's Economy?

In our world today there are many forms of economy. The ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade, International Monetary Fund, and Third World Debt, give the ... ome nations developed and helped aid in solving crisis, others got involve with trade using GATT or ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Taxation. With the good there is bad. While some nations have money ... ave money to spend others are paying back a national debts, sometimes losing the ultimate price.The ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade or GATT, is a multilateral treaty that aims to promote trade ...

(6 pages) 55 0 4.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The WTO role in the Australia and US free trade agreement

d States of America.The World Trade Organisation (WTO) came of age in 1995 and was successor to the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that was established in the wake of the Second World W ...

(8 pages) 85 0 1.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Les dimensions clefs de la firme multinationale

bre plan Marshall. Ce mouvement d'échanges, encouragé par la création du GATT (ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade) en 1947, n'a cessé de s'intensifier depuis. Ainsi, de ... DIRECTION GENERALE ...

(20 pages) 24 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

WTO and China

e WTO began life on 1 January 1995, but its trading system is half a century older. Since 1948, the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) had provided the rules for the system. (The second WTO ... y 1998, included a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the system.) It did not take long for the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> to give birth to an unofficial, de facto international organization, also known in ...

(15 pages) 220 0 3.8 May/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

NV Philips Case Study.

From the 1960's onward, a number of significant changes took place. Due to the efforts of the GATT ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade barriers fell worldwide. There have been many attempts at des ...

(5 pages) 131 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Antidumping Legislation: Fair Trade of Protectionism.

ing passed especially when fair competition was threatened by foreign companies. "Article VI of the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), formulated in 1947, describes antidumping rules and p ...

(1 pages) 50 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

WTO contributions, dilemmas, and controversies.

The World Trade Organization was established in 1995 to replace the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The purpose of the organization is to lower tariffs a ...

(8 pages) 120 0 4.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

International marketing: US Cigarette Exporters Association Entry into Thailand

act, together with U.S. anti-smoking pressure, caused the USTR to refer the section 301 case to the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).The GATT encourages open markets by limiting the exten ...

(2 pages) 27 0 3.5 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

World Trade Organization: An Advocate For The Poor

sputes between its member states - one hundred and forty nine in number - and is a successor to the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade, which was dissolved in the year 1995 to give birth to the Wo ... give birth to the World Trade Organization in its stead All of the principles and agreements of the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade were adopted by the new organization, which added approximate ...

(6 pages) 80 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Why China wanted to Join WTO?

(WTO) began life on 1 January 1995, but its trading system is half a century older. Since 1948, the ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) had provided the rules for the system. Over the years ... nd Nicolas Blancher 2004)China's Motivation to Join WTO:As China becomes a leading trading power, a general objective for China to join WTO is to further amalgamate its economy into the world trading ...

(27 pages) 67 1 3.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Globalization

he declining of barriers against free flow of services, goods, and capital. One example is the 1947 ong>Generalong> ong>Agreementong> on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) which reduced barriers on the free flow of goods and s ...

(3 pages) 115 0 3.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science