Problem
Private international trade and investment disputes
Nature:
As border barriers have declined, private barriers to competition have grown more significant. More and more international trade disputes involve private business practices that allegedly block the market access of rival firms.
Incidence:
Such disputes include high profile conflicts between Japan and the United States over semiconductors, auto parts, and photographic film, between the European Union and the United States over aerospace and defence mergers, and between Asian nations and others over access to telecommunications networks.
Broader Problems:
Conflicting international priorities Narrower Problems:
Financial and economic disputes between states and nationals of other states Strategies:
Developing dispute settlement mechanisms in world trade agreementsResolving trade conflicts Values:
Dispute Organizations:
International Chamber of Commerce Subject(s):
Commerce → InvestmentCommerce → Trade
Government → Private
Law → Arbitration
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
06.08.2019 – 19:05 CEST