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  • Monetary Assessments

    Monetary assessments in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, monetary assessments is: refers to proposals arising from time to time for the use of fines instead of trade sanctions to secure compliance with dispute settlement panel decisions made under free-trade agreements. The entries on […]

  • Monetary Assessments

    Monetary assessments in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, monetary assessments is: refers to proposals arising from time to time for the use of fines instead of trade sanctions to secure compliance with dispute settlement panel decisions made under free-trade agreements. The entries on […]

  • Inorganic Integration

    Inorganic integration in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, inorganic integration is: described by some as the process reulting from formal and politically oriented trade agreements forged among countries to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers and harmonize trade-relevant domestic […]

  • Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation

    Asia-pacific Economic cooperation See Also Governance Multilateralism Open and Closed Regionalism Regionalism, Trade Agreements Further Reading Aggarwal, V. K., & Kwei, E. (2005). Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Transregionalism with a new cause? In H. Hänggi, R. Roloff, & J. […]

  • Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation

    Asia-pacific Economic cooperation See Also Governance Multilateralism Open and Closed Regionalism Regionalism, Trade Agreements Further Reading Aggarwal, V. K., & Kwei, E. (2005). Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Transregionalism with a new cause? In H. Hänggi, R. Roloff, & J. […]

  • Non-originating Goods

    Non-originating goods in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, non-originating goods is: in the administration of rules of origin for preferential trade agreements these are goods not receiving preferential treatment because they are deemed not to be the product of the country normally […]

  • Non-originating Goods

    Non-originating goods in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, non-originating goods is: in the administration of rules of origin for preferential trade agreements these are goods not receiving preferential treatment because they are deemed not to be the product of the country normally […]

  • Nagging Rights

    Nagging rights in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: used by some to describe provisions in trade agreements which allow a party to exhort another party to adopt new measures or commitments. The party so addressed is not legally obliged to respond, […]

  • Shortage Clause

    Shortage clause in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, shortage clause is: a provision sometimes included in free-trade agreements to enable a party to impose export restrictions because of a shortage of a commodity on the internal market. The free-trade agreement between the European […]

  • Escape Clause

    Escape clause in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, escape clause is: a provision in trade agreements which permits a party to suspend its obligations when imports cause or threaten to cause serious harm to the domestic producers of similar goods. GATT Article XIX contains the escape […]

  • Peril Points

    Peril points in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, peril points is: a provision first included in the United States Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1948, but deleted in 1949. The entries on trade policy are here. It was reintroduced in the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955. The […]

  • Peril Points

    Peril points in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, peril points is: a provision first included in the United States Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1948, but deleted in 1949. The entries on trade policy are here. It was reintroduced in the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955. The […]

  • Substantial Cause

    Substantial cause in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: under some of the trade agreements negotiated by the United States, such as the free-trade agreement with Jordan, safeguards action may be taken when increased quantities of imports are a […]

  • Chief Supplier Provision

    Chief supplier provision in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, chief supplier provision is: one of the main features of the United States Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program. The entries on trade policy are here. It stipulated that no tariff concession would be made to any country unless […]

  • Contingent Multilateralism

    Contingent multilateralism in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, contingent multilateralism is: an American term to mean that multilateral action should be taken whenever possible to improve market access, but sometimes preferential liberalization in the form of free-trade agreements and […]