The average rate of protection provided by the EU's Common External Tariff (CET) to Irish firms is only 3.4 per cent, and the weighted overall protection provided once the duty-free access provided to intra-EU imports is taken into account is much lower at 1.4 per cent. ... Despite data limitations, especially in measuring barriers to services trade, our study suggested positive if modest overall gains to the economy from a successful outcome to the Doha Round. ...

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Poland and India both provide an attractive destination for multinational enterprises in economic terms. Poland is one of the largest countries in Central Europe and accounts for half of the population (40 million) and nearly half of the economic output of the EU enlargement zone. India is the seven...

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The internal market has a significant impact when it comes to creating a geographical area made of the member states whereby goods, workers and capitals can circulate freely without restrictions if any. Moreover Articles 34 and 36 TFEU govern the elimination of non-tariff barriers to the free mov...

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This essay will discuss whether there is sufficient democratic accountability in EU's legislative process by examining what kind of powers the EP has in practice and how the overall interaction of all bodies involved in making the EU law affects the democratic legitimacy of the EU. ...

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The main task when interpreting statutes in the English legal system is to ascertain the intention of Parliament. Parliament is the ultimate legislator in the English legal system. In our constitutional theory Parliament is sovereign, this means that all legislative power is invested in Parl...

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The economy is a dynamic concept. It is always changing. One factor that causes this change is a financial crisis. In 2008, the world's economy was hit with one of the largest financial crises and most it's dangerous since the Great Depression of the 1930's (Havemann, 2014). Even though this crisis ...

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Overall, transition economies have been negatively impacted by global trends, with economies in Europe and Central Asia experiencing an average fall in economic growth of 1.0% per year during 1990-2001 in contrast with an average 2.1% growth rate in the 1980's. ...

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Because of Australia's proximity on the globe, trade to and from South-East Asia, in particular Japan and China, has seen a steady, overall increase in the amounts of imports and exports we perform over the last thirty years. ...

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Daisy Miller Daisy Miller, one of Henry James' first major works, addresses the emergence of the United States as an economic and political world power. In the late nineteenth century, American industry was flourishing, and Americans were becoming more wealthy. With this money came a desire to ...

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The law of 1884 first allowed trade unions to be created in France. There are currently approximately two million people that belong to a union in France, which is the lowest among the European Union. Since the middle 1970's France union membership has steadily decreased. In 1978 it was 23%, 21% in...

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"Officials of the United Nations describe Syria as the worst humanitarian disaster since Rwanda in 1994."1 The Syrian Civil War has gained much public support at a national and international level for various reasons depending on the interest of the groups involved. The roots of the Syrian revolution lie in the torture of the students who by declaring anti-government statements, rebelled against the Assad regime. This resulted in street protests that have gained a great deal of media attention. President Bashar al-Assad's response to these demonstrations was ruthless, evident in...

• Word Count: 1972
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate