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(Note: This confidential project is the work of Hélio Eduardo de Paiva Araújo, Melchior Jordan Kuo, and John Nyanje (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)) Non-Confidential Summary Acceding to the WTO is a positive project that can help Least Developed Countries (“LDC”) governments establish strong rule-based domestic institutions. LDC entrepreneurs also benefit through involvement in the accession process and through access to global markets. The WTO is comprised of 164 member sta
Clinic: Graduate Institute, Fall 2017 Executive Summary The full Handbook can be accessed here. The Buenos Aires Ministerial Decision of 13 December 2017 on Fisheries Subsidies (the BA Ministerial Decision) marks more than 20 years since the issue of subsidies to fisheries was raised at the World Trade Organization (WTO), originally under the auspices of Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE), and later the Negotiating Group on Rules (NGR), and more than 25 years since the
(This memorandum is a redacted version of a confidential research project) Clinic: IELPO, Fall 2017 Executive Summary The public version of the report can be accessed here. This report discusses the costs and benefits of becoming a Member of the ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) in the context of Country X. In doing so, it identifies the status quo in Country X with respect to foreign direct investment (“FDI”), and charts out the effect of rat