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The Digital Creative Trade and Copyright-Based Industries in the Contemporary Knowledge Economy
Paper for WTO publication entitled Trade in Knowledge, edited by Jayashree Watal and Anthony Taubman. This paper addresses trade-related aspects of copyright, assesses the challenges and opportunities for creative industries in developing countries,…
IP Value Capture: Fostering trade by capturing the value of creative industries in developing countries
The paper explores growth opportunities for developing countries by adding value through the use of IP. Through IP, developing countries can expand their participation in global value chains and reduces their dependence on traditional low value…
Blockchains and Trade-Related Copyright: Digitalization and the Trade 2030 Agenda
This paper, in addressing trade-related aspects of copyright, assesses the challenges and opportunities for creative industries in developing countries, especially, as it relates to making the transition to a digital creative economy and the…
Climate Impact and Action: The Travel and Tourism Industry in the Caribbean and Small Island Developing States
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like those in the Caribbean region are doubly jeopardized by climate change. They are not major emitters of greenhouse gases, but are amongst the most impacted by the ecological and economic fallout associated…
Migration, Diasporas and the Sustainable Development Goals in Least Developed Countries
Migration and the growth of global diasporas are key contemporary trends which impact on the pledge to “leave no one behind” in the 2030 Agenda. The developmental potential of migration is captured in four Goals and five Targets in the Sustainable…
Cultural Cooperation and Trade under the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement
This study explores the impact of the EU-CARIFORUM free trade agreement in the field of culture and creative activities. The study tries to identify the success stories, as well as the obstacles that may have prevented the full beneficial effect of…
Using Dispute Settlement Partnerships for Capacity-Building: Bangladesh’s Triumphant Experience at WTO DSU
World Trade Organisation grants rights to its Members, and WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding provides a rule-oriented consultative and judicial mechanism to protect these rights in cases of WTO-incompatible trade infringements. However, the DSU…
From NAFTA to USMCA: Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd
The renegotiation of NAFTA was surrounded by a dramatic atmosphere, just as Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland predicted. The negotiations took place against a backdrop of unilateral trade measures, President Trump’s mercantilist…
México impone tarifas a importaciones de Estados Unidos: Nosotros, los consumidores, pagamos el precio.
El 5 de junio del 2018, México se unió a un ejército de países que han decidido aplicar tarifas en represalia a los impuestos aplicados por Estados Unidos al metal y al acero. Los impuestos, dentro un rango de 15-25%, se aplicarán a comida, alcohol…
Equalizing Access to the WTO: How Indian Trade Lawyers Build State Capacity
The law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is not autonomous. It shapes and is shaped. It affects not only countries’ trade and tariff policies, but also shapes their laws, regulations and institutions. In particular, it creates new…