Search results for: “bilateralism”

  • Bilateralism

    Bilateralism in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, bilateralism is: a preference for conducting international trade policy mainly through bilateral negotiations. Bilateralism assumes that results are more easily obtained if only two parties are involved, partly because available economic […]

  • Unilateralism

    Unilateralism in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: this term has two quite different meanings in trade policy. The first is the praiseworthy policy or action of lowering tariffs or removing other impediments to trade unilaterally without the […]

  • Plurilateralism

    Plurilateralism in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, plurilateralism is: doing things in small groups involving more than bilateralism (two participants), but less than multilateralism (many participants). See also minilateralism and WTO plurilateral agreements.[1] Plurilateralismin the […]

  • Aggressive Reciprocity

    Aggressive reciprocity in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the unilateral action of an economy which seeks to force a trading partner to change its trade policy. Measures used include retaliation in response to perceived unfair actions, the use […]

  • Bottom-up Multilateralism

    Bottom-up multilateralism in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, bottom-up multilateralism is: a negotiating process resulting in bilateral and minilateral outcomes which are extended multilaterally from the bottom up. Cowhey and Aronson, proponents of this process, stress that such deals […]

  • Bottom-up Multilateralism

    Bottom-up multilateralism in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, bottom-up multilateralism is: a negotiating process resulting in bilateral and minilateral outcomes which are extended multilaterally from the bottom up. Cowhey and Aronson, proponents of this process, stress that such deals […]