[PDF] A New Frontier Consumer Protection In International Trade Agreements eBook

Author : An Hertogen
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Release : 2023
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In this article, I discuss how preferential trade agreements have started incorporating consumer protection provisions, in deviation from the traditional practice of leaving consumer protection to domestic law. The article first outlines the traditional frontier between consumer law and trade law. After describing two models for incorporating consumer protection provisions -- in chapters on e-commerce or in a dedicated consumer protection chapter -- the article explores whether this is a welcome evolution or an instance of trade agreements overstepping. I argue that a rationale exists for including consumer protection in trade agreements due to the growth of cross-border business-to-consumer transactions and the need to align regulations to the scope of the problem. However, the institutional structure around consumer protection in trade agreements must be improved to make this successful.

Author : Sonia E. Rolland
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,79 MB
Release : 2014
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Lead paint toys and tainted baby formula milk from China, along with other scares involving consumer goods, have focused the public's attention on the risks of a global supply chain that no state controls. Yet, domestic instruments available to protect consumers against unsafe or undesirable foreign goods and services are limited. This article explores, from a comparative legal perspective, what shapes international trade regimes to be more or less consumer-oriented, using primarily EU law as a counterpoint to the WTO, but also NAFTA and MERCOSUR. Ultimately, the article suggests that the WTO's producer-centered liberalization focus leaves consumers underserved and seeks to articulate a more holistic understanding of the trade liberalization project that accounts both for producer and consumer interests. Although the WTO may not be the appropriate or optimal forum to fulfill such needs, a more robust examination of the intersection between producer-oriented trade rules and consumer interests is warranted.

Author : Sawmiya Rajaram
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Release : 2023
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Internationally, the significance of consumer protection transpired beyond the national frontiers with the adoption of the United Nations Guidelines on Consumer Protection (UNGCP) in 1985. Ever since, there had been various contributions by scholars on the question of consumer rights and their status under various fragmentations of international law. However, in this paper, the focus is to understand the status of consumers in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). As part of this, primarily the paper analyses various agreements of the WTO and consumer-related disputes that were brought before the dispute settlement body (DSB) of the WTO to understand the extent of protection afforded to the consumer in this trade forum. Secondly, it investigates consumer representation in various committees and councils of the WTO and the participation of consumer organizations in the decision-making processes of the WTO to understand the inclusivity of consumer issues in the WTO.

Author : Mira Burri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 48,73 MB
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110884359X

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An exploration of the current state of global trade law in the era of Big Data and AI. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Shayerah Ilias
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 21,33 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781604565621

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Introduction -- Intellectual property rights basics -- Global intellectual property holdings -- Contribution of intellectual property to U.S. economy -- The organized structure of IPR protection -- U.S. trade law -- Issues for Congress.

Author : Aaditya Mattoo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019923521X

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This title provides a comprehensive introduction to the key issues in trade and liberalization of services. Providing a useful overview of the players involved, the barriers to trade, and case studies in a number of service industries, this is ideal for policymakers and students interested in trade.

Author : Mateja Durovic
Publisher : Springer
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 12,98 MB
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3319453122

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This book examines the institutions that are producing consumer law at the international level, the substantive issues enshrined in these laws, and the enforcement mechanisms meant to ensure effective protection. The majority of existing research is devoted to the comparative perspective, between countries or between the US and the EU. This book investigates the forceful activities of international and regional organizations, and shifts the focus of research to the internationalization of consumer law, which is largely neglected in particular in the Western-centered political and legal debate. Much of what constitutes consumer law today is focused on banking and finance, and more broadly the financialization and digitalization of the global economy, and society has created a shift in international consumer law production. This book investigates the role that international organizations have on the creation and enforcement of consumer law, and will be of interest to consumer lawyers, practitioners, and officials in organizations such as the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,30 MB
Release : 2003-03-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781589061286

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The Manual sets out an internationally agreed framework for the compilation and reporting of statistics on international trade in services in the broad sense. It addresses the growing need, including in international trade negotiations and agreements, for more detailed, comparable, and comprehensive statistics on this type of trade in its various forms. The recommendations will enable countries to progressively expand and structure the information they compile in an internationally comparable way. The Manual conforms with and explicitly relates to the System of National Accounts 1993 and the fifth edition of the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual. It is published jointly by the United Nations, European Union, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, and World Trade Organization.