Denver Journal of International Law and Policy articles from June 2008

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy archives from June 2008

Selected aspects of international trade and the World Trade Organization's Doha round: overview and introduction.
June 22, 2008... I. International trade is credited with alleviating poverty for hundreds of millions in the world, especially in India and China. (1) However, not all have benefited from it. To illustrate, Africa's share in the world trade has declined...

UN-based international criminal tribunals: how they mix and match.
June 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION Myres McDougal was a great American lawyer, professor and conceptual engineer, building a bridge between private and public law and constructing the great New Haven school of legal theory based on "public order and values."...

Aid for trade: a roadmap for success.
June 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION Let us imagine a cooperative of mango growers in Mali, (1) one of the poorest countries in Western Africa. These mango farmers grow delicious mangos prized by local consumers for their sweetness, firmness, and long shelf...

Effect of artificial intelligence on the pattern of foreign direct investment in the Third World: a possible reversal of trend.
June 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS My paper presents a hypothesis about the future trends of outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) to Third World countries, brought about by large-scaled industrial applications of optimum Artificial Intelligence...

The Doha Round negotiations on agricultural subsidies.
June 22, 2008... For the past seven years the international trade community's attention has been fixed on the issue of agricultural subsidies, both at the on-going Doha Round negotiations and in recent World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement...

Free trade versus fair trade.
June 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION Time and time again American farmers have been told the key to economic freedom and prosperity is the export market. Since the mid-1980's, agribusiness, politicians, commodity groups, processors and some farm groups have...

UNFCCC, the Kyoto protocol, and the WTO - brewing conflicts or are they mutually supportive?(United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992)
June 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION On December 10, 2008 Al Gore together with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2) received the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee stated that it awarded the prize to promote peace and...

Improving national enforcement for better governance implementing multilateral environmental agreements.
June 22, 2008... On the topic of improving national enforcement as a key tool to better governance under multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), I have the honor to offer this short paper of recommendations. The views expressed here are entirely my own...

The relationship between trade and effective enforcement.
June 22, 2008... I. FREE TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT A. Trade Agreements to Achieve High Levels of Environmental Protection There is a worldwide movement toward greater liberalization of international trade. This is seen at a global level...