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The interaction between trade and climate change law and policy : from potential conflict to mutual supportiveness
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Trade and climate change intersect in many ways. Aside from the broad debate as to whether economic growth and trade adversely affect the environment, linkages are recognized between existing rules of the World Trade ...
South frica’s non-ratification of the United Nations convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), wisdom or folly, considering the effect of the status quo on international trade
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG) seeks to provide a standard uniform law for international sales contracts. This research paper analyses the rationale behind South ...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Millennium Development Goals: Can trade be the vehicle for achieving goal 8?
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The objective of this research was to examine how SADC states can attain goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals set up by the international community through the United Nations in the year 2000, using trade under the ...
Towards a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI): implications for developing African countries
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
In most African countries the private sector provides the main impetus for economic growth, especially since countries started opening up their economics for foreign investment. Foreign investments have played an important ...
The feasibility of retaliation as a trade remedy under the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The main aim of the research was to determine the viability of retaliation as a trade remedy under the Dispute Settlement Understanding. It was to establish whether retaliation as a remedy is beneficial to the entire WTO ...
The criminalisation of trading in influence in international anti-corruption laws
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This paper will analyse critically the main sources, namely UNCAC, the African Union Convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption (AU Convention), the Southern African Development Community Protocol against Corruption ...
The emergence of trade in services as an emerging, international trading commodity from a South African perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The reason for highlighting the difference between GATT and GATS is to focus on the impact of these agreements on the developing countries and in particular the latter will be the main focus of this paper. The economies ...
Trade promotion vs the environment: Inevitable conflict
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study unveiled the trade-environment debate which has been revolving in the World Trade Organization for quite a long time now. While economic integration and trade liberalization offer the promise of growth and ...