ECON 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 50: Countervailing Duties, Doha Development Round, Uruguay Round
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Econ 102 lecture 50: dumping often defined as below foreign firm"s ac, us - onus to disprove dumping on foreign accused, us - no statute of limitation against foreign accused, countervailing duties. 1947 - gatt is effort to reduce world protectionism: countries agree to no unilateral tariffs, prevent tariff wars ii. 1999 - the battle of seattle : human/labour/environmental rights issues, developing countries against including these in trade deals iv. v. vi. vii, many argue a world organization should exist for each. 2001 - doha round - deadline 2005 -broken: agricultural subsidies still the big issue, critical for developing nations -2006 on hold. 2012 jordan 2013 panama present tpp and ceta. New trade deals are about more than trade environment, labour, human rights, competition, corruption etc: regional trade agreements i, free trade area = goods (services?) may move freely among members + set import barriers individually, e. g.
