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Infolge eines Militärputsches gegen die Regierung unter Yingluck Shinawatra regiert in Thailand seit dem 22. Mai 2014 eine Junta. Sie hat politische Aktivitäten und die Meinungsfreiheit drastisch eingeschränkt. Es liegen zahlreiche Menschenrechtsverletzungen, darunter Folter, vor. Im Rahmen eines „Fahrplans zur Demokratie“ ist für August 2017 eine Volksabstimmung über eine neue Verfassung geplant, auf die zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt Wahlen folgen könnten. Das Militär könnte jedoch an der Macht ...

Section 15 of China’s Protocol of Accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) allows importing WTO members to determine, under their national law, whether China is considered to be a market economy for the purpose of price comparability and of calculating dumping margins. Some provisions of this section expire on 11 December 2016, leaving uncertainty as to how China should be treated in antidumping investigations thereafter. The European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) ...

The EU's trade policy does not exist in a vacuum. On the one hand, it is affected by international standard and rule-setting. On the other hand, the EU is itself an influential actor shaping the international trade agenda by participating in the work of international organisations and fora. This short note focuses on the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Der Marktwirtschaftsstatus (MWS) – ein im Rahmen von Antidumpinguntersuchungen verwendeter Fachterminus – hat es bis ganz nach oben auf die internationale Agenda geschafft und heftige Diskussionen darüber ausgelöst, ob China dieser Status zuerkannt werden soll oder nicht. China verweist darauf, dass gemäß den Beitrittsdokumenten zur WTO eine automatische Zuerkennung des Marktwirtschaftsstatus nach dem 11. Dezember 2016 vorgesehen sei. Nach Ansicht zahlreicher anderer WTO-Mitglieder kann der betreffende ...

Given the underwhelming results of the large-scale fiscal and monetary stimulus implemented by the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country is now focusing on structural reforms. The government's new economic and fiscal plan – released in late June 2015 – is clear in its message: to reduce Japan’s gigantic debt, now estimated at over 246 % of GDP, and achieve fiscal sustainability, the country needs robust economic growth. The government is betting that structural reforms ...

China stands now at a crossroads, where factors that for many years contributed to its growth have nearly – if not completely – exhausted their potential. As domestic economic challenges grow more pressing, Beijing has embarked on a new development strategy to 'rebalance' its economy and reinforce its integration into global markets. A number of elements of this strategy – including the 'One Belt One Road' initiative – are likely to have a major impact across the globe.

The EU's trade and economic relations with China, the global leader in trade, are generally good, and the number of disputes reasonable. Yet the EU is dissatisfied with China's reluctance to fully implement its commitments to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and, more generally, with its protectionist measures, which often hurt EU interests. For its part, Beijing is still dissatisfied with the EU's refusal to grant the country 'market economy' status and with other measures it believes limit China's ...