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25 November 2018
Подписание Соглашения об ассоциации и получение безвизового режима для краткосрочных поездок в ЕС – ключевые возможности сближения с ЕС, предлагаемые политикой «Восточного партнерства». Украина воспользовалась этими возможностями, хотя процесс изменений еще далеко не закончен. Сколько лет...
12 November 2018
Substantive standards in new international investment agreements converge, including between Europe and North America. Typical features of convergence include market access commitments, broad most-favoured-nation and national treatment clauses, a narrowing of some substantive standards, and broad...
12 October 2018
Investment facilitation measures that are correctly designed and effectively implemented have the potential to advance sustainable investment. Certain elements of investment facilitation can be found in existing international investment agreements, including both bilateral investment treaties and...
9 October 2018
Services facilitation refers to the simplification, modernisation, and harmonisation of services regulations with a view to reducing transaction costs. It is a key component of the Facilitation 2.0 framework. So far the most significant advances in rule-making on services facilitation have taken...
5 October 2018
Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) and smart contracts can be a key component of trade facilitation, bringing greater transparency, accountability, efficiency, and traceability to the exchange of value and information in agricultural supply chains. These technologies have the potential to...
21 September 2018
States now face two competing – and strengthening – influences with respect to industrial policy: heightened scrutiny of industrial policy measures and heightened expectations for achieving sustainable development. With increasing frequency, states are addressing and balancing those competing...
14 September 2018
Our current resource use is unsustainable – the circular economy provides a solution through its focus on behavioural change, resource and energy efficiency, and the closing of material loops. The focus of the circular economy is on the full life cycle of products. In today’s globalised world, raw...
11 September 2018
Effective dispute settlement raises the value of trade agreements and the return on governments’ investment in trade agreement negotiations. Three practical ideas could help governments negotiate and administer dispute settlement more effectively: better information on options, information on how...
24 August 2018
Regional trade agreement (RTA) rules cover policy areas vital for 21st century trade , but can be surprisingly hard to find and complex to navigate. By making RTA texts available in a machine-readable format, a new RTA Exchange tool helps stakeholders of trade agreements make more informed...
21 August 2018
Diante do desafio de reafirmar a sua relevância institucional, a Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) busca a consolidação de uma agenda de denominadores comuns. Para tanto, eficiência e sustentabilidade emergem como duas ideias centrais. Embora as interpretações possam variar, poucos...
21 August 2018
A era da Quarta Revolução Industrial e de cadeias globais de valor em expansão impõe novos desafios para a agenda de facilitação do comércio. Neste artigo, o autor argumenta que a difusão dessa agenda encontra uma janela de oportunidade com o Acordo de Facilitação do Comércio da OMC e os acordos regionais.
21 August 2018
Neste artigo, a autora analisa três eixos por meio dos quais a interseção da facilitação do comércio com o comércio digital pode vir a compor uma dinâmica virtuosa de desenvolvimento: o ambiente regulatório, as políticas públicas e a identificação de sinergias entre facilitação do comércio e comércio digital.
21 August 2018
Ao analisar os esforços empreendidos no âmbito hemisférico com vistas à criação de portos inteligentes na América Latina e Caribe, o autor destaca como a OEA e o setor privado têm constituído parceiros centrais nesse processo.
21 August 2018
Partindo da ideia de que os portos constituem espaços estratégicos da facilitação do comércio, a autora analisa as mudanças estruturais e funcionais observadas em terminais portuários no período recente e argumenta que a automatização é fundamental para que os portos possam desempenhar seu papel na facilitação dos fluxos comerciais.