Striking a Balance on Local Content Requirements in Trade Agreements: The Case of the Energy Sector
Oliver Braunschweig | 15 March 2024
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Energy,
Global Value Chains,
Renewables The new trade agreement between India and EFTA States includes commitments on an important yet often overlooked form of trade restrictions: local content requirements.
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Balancing Export Pricing Commitments in FTAs: Towards Affordable, Secure, and Clean Energy
Oliver Braunschweig | 6 November 2023
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Commodities,
Critical Minerals,
Energy,
Global Value Chains,
Renewables The minerals, metals, and products necessary to build renewable energy systems face an increasing number of export restrictions. This has been fueling fears of further disruptive policies down the road.
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Resilience in Services Value Chains
Sébastien Miroudot | 15 February 2022
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Global Value Chains,
Resilience,
Services Trade COVID-19 has triggered a new debate on the resilience of global value chains (GVCs) and risks associated with international production (Bonadio et al., 2020; Miroudot, 2020a). Most of this debate focuses on manufacturing and shortages of goods such as face masks or semi-conductors. This is
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Impact of Linking into Global Value Chains on Indian Employment
Karishma Banga | 11 January 2017
Trade,
Working Papers | Tags:
Employment,
Global Value Chains,
Services Trade This study examines the industry-level impact of linking into GVCs for the Indian labour market, spanning the period 1995-2011. The analysis includes manufacturing, services, agriculture and allied activities.
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