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Transnational mercantilism and the emergent global trading order.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2004, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p597-617. 21p.
Abstract: It is often argued that the problems currently facing the World Trade Organization stem from an important shift in the trade agenda from tariff reduction to the harmonisation of domestic regulations considered as non tariff barriers. From this perspect...
Explaining the resilience of free trade: The Smoot–Hawley myth and the crisis.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. May2014, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p535-574. 40p.
Abstract: Despite the onset of the current economic crisis there has been no significant move towards protectionism amongst most of the world's economies. Although rational institutionalist explanations point to the role played by the constraining rules of the W...
Towards a stronger EU approach on the trade-labor nexus? The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, social struggles and labor reforms in Vietnam.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Jun2023, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p1125-1150. 26p.
Abstract: The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) deviates from the poor track record of 'trade and sustainable development' chapters in EU FTAs. Ahead of ratification, Vietnam embarked upon pathbreaking reforms, culminating in a new labor code and accession...
Global governance, national strategies: how industrialized states make room to move under the WTO.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2005, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p723-749. 27p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram.
Abstract: Global and national governance are sometimes seen to stand in a zero-sum relationship, particularly in the post-GATT era of multilateral trade. A more nuanced view expects states to seek the benefits of multilateralism whilst finding convenient loophol...
Freedom of association: Battering ram or Trojan horse?
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. May2006, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p210-232. 23p.
Abstract: Integrating core labour standards (CLS) into the operations of the Bretton Woods institutions and the WTO has become a primary goal of the international labour movement. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the ILO have pers...
The tools of globalization: ways of regulating and the structure of the international regime for pharmaceuticals.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2015, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p1249-1275. 27p.
Abstract: This article investigates the relationship between regulatory globalization and neoliberal standard-setting arrangements building on industry capacities and responsibilities. Focusing on international pharmacovigilance, it recounts the history of the W...
Globalization and backlash: Polayni's revenge?
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. May2009, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p145-177. 33p. 3 Charts, 6 Graphs, 1 Map.
Abstract: This paper investigates political-economic backlash to economic globalization in industrialized polities. It analyzes data on the content of party platforms to develop measures of party support for, or opposition to, political-economic closure, anti-de...
Deliberative democracy and the WTO.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Aug2004, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p522-541. 20p.
Abstract: Habermas's rules-based deliberative democratic perspective underscores issues of power, legitimacy and justice. The article deploys this perspective to reveal how the lack of legitimating procedures and rational deliberation at the World Trade Organiza...
‘Free market’, export-led development strategy and its impact on rural livelihoods, poverty and inequality: The Philippine experience seen from a Southeast Asian perspective.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Feb2007, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p143-175. 33p. 9 Charts.
Abstract: The ‘free market’, export-led development strategy has not delivered its promise of development in agriculture, as far as the Philippines is concerned. The World Bank-and IMF-instigated privatization and deregulation policies with direct consequence to...