The BRICS cooperation plays an increasing role for the foreign economic strategy of the Russian Federation. There is a certain potential in strengthening Russian trade ties with the BRICS countries, but at the same time the authors underline an…
The article discusses the experience of Russia's participation in trade disputes within the World Trade Organization. This experience is compared with the extensive practice of the European Union, which rather successfully defends its interests…
The European Union nowadays is a significant trade partner for the Latin America countries. The structure of trade between the EU and Latin America, on the one hand, explains the opportunities for strengthening the cooperation from the perspective…
The EAEU came into force on January 1, 2015. In comparison with previously existing Customs Union of Russian Federation, Republic of Belarus and Republic of Kazakhstan it also encompasses Republic Armenia. Kyrgyzstan is expected to join the club in…
I. Introduction A former professor of mine was fond of telling us, “Beware of men who ask binary questions because such men already know the answers they want to get”. When Singapore first started negotiating our first free trade agreements (FTAs),…
ASEAN IIAs: Conserving Regulatory Sovereignty While Promoting the Rule of Law? by M. Ewing-Chow and G.R. Fischer
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has traditionally been regarded as a group of states operating on an ad hoc basis through informal understandings that impose no legally binding obligations. ASEAN’s informal approach is reflected…
This book is an attempt to analyse global administrative law through the elaboration and examination of a number of different cases and case-studies. The architecture of its contents mirrors the characteristics of this field. In order to fully grasp…
Economic crisis of 2008-2009 promoted awareness of the necessity to transform in particular the contemporary international trading system. With respect to trade policies the proposals aiming at achieving of more sustainable and efficient…
For the overwhelming majority of intergovernmental economic organizations (IEOs) the latest economic crisis has provided substantial additional incentive to adjust their performance to the whole set of challenges facing global community during first…