India’s recent run of trade agreements continues, with its Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Free Trade Association (TEPA) getting signed last week. It is quite a ‘streamlined’ agreement, with the main text coming in at around 70 pages (as a comparison the
Terrific analysis. I suppose another example of a non-dispute settlement incentive to comply with a positive obligation is the WTO TFA which conditions developing country obligations on developed country assistance. I was tempted to add the UK-EU TCA’s rebalancing mechanism (and similar based on safeguards) but these are not linked to positive obligations (do X) but to negative ones (don’t do Y).
Thanks Lorand - the JSI E-Commerce also had a similar TFA-style transitional regime, although the latest text seems to have streamlined things somewhat and removed the direct link between capacity building and implementation.
Terrific analysis. I suppose another example of a non-dispute settlement incentive to comply with a positive obligation is the WTO TFA which conditions developing country obligations on developed country assistance. I was tempted to add the UK-EU TCA’s rebalancing mechanism (and similar based on safeguards) but these are not linked to positive obligations (do X) but to negative ones (don’t do Y).
Thanks Lorand - the JSI E-Commerce also had a similar TFA-style transitional regime, although the latest text seems to have streamlined things somewhat and removed the direct link between capacity building and implementation.