Bali Boost: WTO Lives, Snatched for Now From Jaws of Defeat
Jean-Pierre Lehmann | 23 December 2013
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WTO It would be churlish not to congratulate the WTO and especially Roberto Azevêdo, its dynamic director-general, for successfully passing a “Bali package” at the Indonesian resort well past the 11th hour on 7 December. The WTO Doha Round, launched in the Qatari capital in 2001,
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Africa Could Become the World’s Next Powerhouse
Gilles Carbonnier | 26 September 2013
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Trade,
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Africa,
Commodities,
Taxes “A winning Africa!” “Thousands of Portuguese workers emigrate to the former colony of Angola in search of work.” Headlines such as these are a perfect illustration of the Afro-optimism that has gripped the media these last few years. In an Africa courted by foreign investors,
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Property Taxes and Sustainability
Alexander Barkawi and
Peter Heller | 26 August 2013
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Housing,
Inequality Many economists advocate that a higher share of government revenue should derive from taxes on immovable property. Proponents of a sustainability agenda may want to follow their advice. Read an OECD economic survey for a particular country and chances are high it recommends increasing the
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China-EU solar panel trade dispute: Rhetoric versus reality
Simon Evenett | 7 June 2013
Trade,
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Antidumping,
Energy,
Renewables,
Subsidies This article was first published on VoxEU.org and is republished with permission. Following a complaint lodged on 25 July 2012 by EU Pro Sun, an association representing around 20 EU-based producers of solar panels and components, the European Commission initiated an investigation into potential Chinese
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Green Economy – Beware of Merchants of Doubt
Stephen Boucher | 17 April 2013
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Green Growth,
Subsidies Those who oppose change involving powerful economic sectors have long ago found an effective tactic: instilling doubt in the guise of reasonable arguments. A recent manifestation of this tactic is the claim that so-called ‘green jobs’ are too expensive and in fact destroy “real” jobs.
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