Month: November 2014

Economics & Finance
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Are Non-Tariff Barriers the New Walls to Trade? A Case Analysis from Argentina and Ecuador

by Luis Felipe Torres and Fabio Tamburrini

Non-Tariffs Measures (NTMs) have become relevant instruments of protection in countries that have traditionally protected specific economic sectors from international trade. This recent development is a result of the reduction or elimination of import tariffs… [Read more]

Climate Crisis & Environment
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The Great Firewall of China

by Sven Herpig

One quarter of a century after the concrete wall in Berlin was torn down, new walls arise daily. These new 21st century walls are virtual in nature, yet their effect is quite real. So-called ‘firewalls’… [Read more]