24-Jun-2025
Journal of International Economic Law
The advent of digital and data-driven business models has heightened the risks of tax base erosion and evasion, adversely affecting revenue generation, economic recovery, and advancement of tax justice in African economies. We develop a framework examining how trade rules on services, electronic transmissions, and digital products shape the ability of African countries to tax their digital economies.
11-Jun-2025
Veblen Institute
Of the many concerns raised by the current version of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, those relating to the inclusion of a “rebalancing mechanism” in the chapter on dispute settlement are perhaps the most serious.
6-Jun-2025
La Via Campesina
This note compiles various arguments in support of using tariffs and non-tariff barriers to protect small-scale food producers and to promote food sovereignty and economic self-determination.
24-Nov-2023
bilaterals.org
Free trade agreements, free trade zones and special economic zones are all designed to promote business-friendly regulations and encourage economic liberalisation, but they are different in nature.
18-Jan-2023
Third World Network
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) seeks to impose a structure, set of procedures and criteria to govern the Parties’ regulatory decision making at the central government level.
16-Dec-2020
Heinrich Böll Foundation
Given China’s unique position, the study concludes that the EU must ensure that particularly strong protections for EU regulatory policy space are included in any future investment deal.