scholarly journals Devolution and Post-Brexit Trade Agreements: Towards a Joint Trade Policy Committee

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Switzer ◽  
Joseph McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Policy Committee

scholarly journals Devolution and Post-Brexit Trade Agreements: Towards a Joint Trade Policy Committee?

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-272
Author(s):  
Stephanie Switzer ◽  
Joseph A McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Policy Committee

Subsidies Regulation Beyond the WTO

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Borlini
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Preferential Trade Agreements ◽  
Preferential Trade ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Negative Function ◽  
Public Aid ◽  
The Eu

An increasingly important aspect of EU trade policy since the lifting of its self-imposed moratorium on preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has been the inclusion of WTO+ provisions on subsidies in bilateral agreements negotiated with a number of third countries. This article covers the main bilateral PTAs negotiated after the publication of the Commission’s Communication on ‘Global Europe’ in order to explore the implications of the different subsidy disciplines they set out. It also discusses the questions that arise when examining the legal discipline of public aid provided by such agreements, regarding not only the substantive appropriateness of standards and rules on compatibility, but also the procedural mechanisms designed to guarantee the implementation and the enforcement of such rules. It concludes that the most advanced among the EU PTAs are shaped as competition regulation and go beyond a mere negative function, ensuring that subsidies can contribute to fundamental public goals.

scholarly journals EU Trade Agreements and Non-Trade Policy Objectives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Ferrari ◽  
Matteo Fiorini ◽  
Joseph Francois ◽  
Bernard Hoekman ◽  
Lisa Maria Lechner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Policy Objectives

Making Sense of U.S. Trade Policy: What Recent Negotiations Can Tell Us

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 378-380
Author(s):  
Inu Manak
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The North ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
The U.S

U.S. trade policy is not what it used to be. Since the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in January 2017, Indo-Pacific trade relations have been in constant flux. It is not clear where U.S. trade policy will end up, particularly with regard to its relationship with China. However, the conclusion of two renegotiations of previous U.S. trade agreements can tell us generally about the new U.S. approach and what this means for our trading partners. I will discuss developments from the renegotiation of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS) and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Australian Trade Agreements – A Divergence between Trade Policy and Business Outcomes – Can They Deliver Trade-related Growth for Australia?

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-255
Author(s):  
Bruno Zeller ◽  
Bill Cole
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Trade Negotiation ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Business Outcomes ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Partnership Agreement

The recently negotiated Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (jaepa) is the latest in a series of trade agreements that seek to create a trading environment for Australian firms delivering outcomes similar to those anticipated under the wto multilateral model. However, the gains to business and the economy from this approach to trade policy have been particular to specific economic sectors and have generally not resulted in significant broad based economic benefits. In particular, the negotiation of trade agreements by Australia has been characterised by the reduction of trade-in-goods barriers (tariffs etc) which have assisted some agricultural and resource activities and compromised value adding, high employment sectors of the economy such as manufacturing. In contrast, Australian trading partners have increasingly sought concessions relating to Foreign Direct Investment (fdi), allowing their businesses to vertically integrate productive activity. The apparent disconnection between Australian trade policy outcomes and the requirements of business and the broader economy stem from failures at both the fundamental level of policy creation and the negotiation and implementation of the agreements. This paper argues that Australian trade policy needs to develop a new, more flexible and responsive model of trade negotiation in order to better serve the economy and its businesses.

Group of Twenty - Reinvigorating Trade to Support Growth

Policy Papers ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (29) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Integration ◽  
Doha Round ◽  
Trading System ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
Regulatory Cooperation ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity ◽  
Trade And Investment

Reinvigorating trade integration should be a key component of the global policy agenda to boost growth. Trade policy’s new frontiers such as services, regulatory cooperation, and trade and investment complementarities carry high potential to bolster efficiency and productivity. But with governments differing on whether to continue the WTO Doha Round, there is an urgent need to identify a path for the global trading system in today’s more complex trade policy landscape. A long interregnum without a path forward would risk fragmenting the global trade system and undermining its governance. Tackling trade policy issues important to the global economy may require flexible approaches to multilateral negotiations, including modalities such as plurilaterals. Enhanced coherence efforts are also needed to ensure that regional trade agreements and multilateralism coexist productively.

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