SMALL MED-SIZED ENT INT ECON LAW IELS C

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-879565-0
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 410 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 778 g

International economic law, with its traditional focus on large multinational enterprises, is only slowly waking up to the new reality of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entering the global marketplace. In the wake of the digital revolution, smaller companies now play an important role in the global economic landscape. In 2015 the UN expressly called for SMEs to have greater access to international trade and investment, and it is increasingly recognized that the integration of SMEs provides one of the keys to creating a more sustainable and inclusive global economy. As SMEs increasingly permeate transnational supply chains, so interactions between these companies and international economic law and policy proliferate.
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in International Economic Law offers the first comprehensive analysis of the interaction between SMEs and international economic law. This book presents a broad international perspective, gathering together contributions by leading experts from academia, legal practice, and international organizations. It opens up a field of enquiry into this so far unexplored dynamic and provide a touchstone for future debate. The analysis covers a broad spectrum of international trade and investment law focusing on issues of particular interest to SMEs, such as trade in services, government procurement, and trade facilitation. Diverse perspectives illuminate regional developments (in particular within the EU) and the implications of mega-regional free trade agreements. The essays also examine questions of legitimacy of global economic governance; in particular, concerns surrounding the threat posed to the interests of domestic SMEs by the growing liberalization of international trade and investment. These essays constitute essential reading for practitioners and academics seeking to navigate a previously neglected trend in international economic law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rensmann, Thilo

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- PART I: International Trade Law

- 1: Rudolf Adlung and Marta Soprana: Trade Policy for SMEs from a GATS Perspective

- 2: Arancha González: Leveraging Trade Facilitation Reforms for Increased SME Competitiveness

- 3: Karsten Pötschke: Rediscovering the Forgotten Article of the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement: How Article 6.13 Protects SMEs

- 4: Tilman Dralle: The South African Walmart/Massmart Case: SME-Friendly Domestic Competition Laws in the Light of International Economic Law

- 5: Caroline Nicholas and Anna Caroline Müller: SME Participation in Government Procurement Markets - Legal and Policy Considerations under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement

- PART II: Regional and Transregional Trade Law

- 6: Martina Lodrant and Lucian Cernat: SME Provisions in Trade Agreements and the Case of TTIP

- 7: Heng Wang: An Asian Perspective on SMEs in International Economic Law: Opportunities and Challenges Arising from the TPP

- 8: Ilan Sherr, Rebecca Fawcett-Feuillette, and Katrien Miclotte: Support of SMEs under European State Aid Law

- PART III: International Investment Law

- 9: Joachim Karl: Opportunities and Challenges of International Investment Law for SMEs

- 10: Perry S. Bechky: Microinvestment Disputes

- 11: Alexander Gebert: Legal Protection for SMEs through Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Impediments and Potential Solutions

- PART IV: Human Rights, Development, and Entrepreneurship

- 12: Michael Addo: Business and Human Rights: The Challenges for SMEs

- 13: Fiorina Mugione and Fulvia Farinelli: Promoting Entrepreneurship for Development: SMEs and the UNCTAD Entrepreneurship Policy Framework

- Annex: How small are small and medium-sized enterprises?

Über Autor(innen)

Thilo Rensmann is Professor of Public, International and European Law at the University of Augsburg and former Director of the Research Center of International Economic Law at the University of Dresden.