China’s Trade Disputes Disputes over protection of Intellectual Property Complainant: United States Respondent: China Before China Joined the GAIT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) in 1986, it was a planned economy. What that does mean? It means that the government was in charge of the production, investment and prices. In other words, the government was in charge of running the economy. By that time, […]

The contract between parties is a CIF (cost, insurance and freight) contract and as such, the Seller is required to arrange the carriage of the goods, their insurance in transit and all costs of such arrangements are usually included in the contract price (Bridge, 2007). Furthermore, an essential element of a CIF seller’s duty is to obtain a bill of lading, an insurance policy, any […]

The 6th meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers was held on 13 October 2016 in New Delhi on the threshold of the 8th BRICS Summit on 15-16 October 2016 in Goa, India. The Meeting was preceded by the 13th meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) which was held from 11-12 October 2016. The Trade Ministers meeting made an assessment of the BRICS […]

There is common rationale for cultivating a common ground for economic interaction between the Russian federation and European and the Global Community which can serve as roadmap. This has been reflected in the outcome of the “Russia-EU Moscow Summit in May 2005” (Pankov, 2007) which targeted to develop the future establishment of the concerned arties in the management and the development of framework which would […]

The great trade collapse: What caused it and what does it mean? Richard Baldwin 27 November 2009 World trade experienced a sudden, severe, and synchronised collapse in late 2008 – the sharpest in recorded history and deepest since WWII. This ebook – written for the world’s trade ministers gathering for the WTO’s Trade Ministerial in Geneva – presents the economics profession’s received wisdom on the […]

Memberships of trade blocs changed over time because countries realized that there are a huge amount of benefits to joining a trade bloc union. Benefits such as Free trade within the bloc which means that they have free access to each other’s markets, members of the trade bloc are encouraged to specialize. This means that at the regional level there is a wider application on […]

The Atlantic migration of Europeans and Africans to America and the commercial activities associated with it created an economy that for the first time in history could be called global. For many years, historians have relied upon the word mercantilism to capture this international world. Over the last decade, as research has focused more intently on ties between early modern consumers, producers, and distributors in […]

Slave Trade Simulation Paper 26 February 2013 Modern World ONL Trading slaves, a practice that has been described as inhumane, evil, or even blasphemous, left little room for sensitivity for those making the decisions of the trade. Often people wonder how such evil could continue in the world for as long as it did. “The rewards of the slave trade overwhelmed any religious inhibitions that […]

Introduction A trade union refers to an organization with members consisting of workers and union leadership who are united for the promotion and protection of their common interests. Workers come together in a union so as to pursue such goals as the protection of the integrity of their trade, clamour for higher pay and employment, and better working conditions (Reynolds, 2008). A trade union could […]

The paper focuses on the bilateral trade between Western Balkans countries and the EU and enfaces on agreements, regularity of the trade, scope and analysis of the trade flow. It also explains which are the Western Balkans countries, economical characteristics, contractual connection with the EU. It is consisted of three parts. In first part is explained the definition of the Western Balkan countries, out bilateral […]