Pontes Bimestral | Comércio global e crescimento: perspectivas e desafios para as economias em desenvolvimento
Os impactos da crise econômica de 2008-2009 sobre o comércio internacional foram enormes, com queda de cerca de 10% nos fluxos comerciais globais. Mesmo assim, Brasil, China, Índia e Indonésia apresentaram taxas de crescimento positivas nos fluxos de comércio entre 2007 e 2009. Este artigo sustenta que esse período assinala o início de uma nova [...]
Bridges Weekly | WTO Appellate Body: China Raw Material Export Restrictions Illegal
In a high-profile dispute over access to natural resources, the WTO’s Appellate Body on Monday confirmed that China violated WTO law and its accession protocol by restricting the exportation of nine raw materials (DS394, 395, 398).
In appealing a panel ruling from July 2011 (see Bridges Weekly, 6 July 2011), China had challenged the panel’s [...]
Bridges Weekly | Obama Takes Aim at China Trade Practices, Pushes for Clean Energy
Beijing’s trade policies once again came under fire in Washington on Tuesday evening, as US President Barack Obama pledged in his annual State of the Union address to “do more” to ensure a level playing field for US products. With the November presidential election in his sights, clean energy is also [...]
Bridges Trade BioRes | China’s New Export System Colours 2012 Rare Earths Outlook
China last month introduced new environmental grounds as a basis for its controversial rare earths quota reductions by emphasising that export licences will only be given to companies that are in compliance with 2011 environmental protection measures. After a year of heated debate among WTO member states on the measures’ WTO compatibility, the move could [...]
Bridges Weekly | White House Push to Streamline Federal Government Sparks Trade Questions
US President Barack Obama is seeking congressional authority to reorganise the federal government, starting with various commerce and trade-related agencies, including the Office of the US Trade Representative. The 13 January announcement has observers questioning what such a move could mean for US trade policy, and whether this merger would [...]