...Agata Ferreira Purpose International investment law has become a powerful tool of global economic governance. With its global network of international investment treaties and effective arbitration mechanism, it has made an extraordinary leap from a relatively niche and underrated area...

... enhance understanding of the interplay between the forces of globalization and nationalism and lead to a more enlightened management of the ensuing tension. Originality/value Critical assessment undertaken may pave the way for a less segmented and more grounded academic work on the subject...

...Dilip K. Das Purpose In the background of the global economic and financial crisis, one hears and reads nothing but excoriation and denunciation of globalization. The purpose of this paper is to provide an honest and objective analysis of the contemporary global economic scenario, which reveals...

... trade obligations in MEAs; reduction of tariff and non‐tariff barriers to environmental goods and services; and the procedure for information exchange between the secretariats of MEAs and WTO committees. Trade Developing countries Trade associations Canada Globalization...

... options to ensure sustainable development. The processes are in fact mainly driven by commercial as opposed to developmental interest and tend to impede rather than promote both global and regional intergration of developing countries. Originality/value In making a conclusion, the paper posits some...

...Wei Dan In the context of globalization, the concept of national identity becomes much richer and the governments’ policy‐makings have been largely monitored by the markets. If some countries have been more successful than others in responding to the same challenges posed by incorporation...

...Amos Avny Globalization, as the new way of division of labour, influences the world market and the economy of many countries. During the last decade, they changed (increased) the employment in the Service Sector in most of the EU original members and also increased their involvement in the global...