The CAP is an obstacle to
international trade liberalisation, creates too few jobs and introduces distortions so there is not a level playing field.
Not exact matches
60 Consequently, as the Commission observes, to regard the rules on patentable subject - matter in Article 27 of the TRIPs Agreement as falling within the field of the common commercial policy rather than the field of the internal market correctly reflects the fact that the context of those rules is the
liberalisation of
international trade, not the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States of the European Union.
«Finally, the link which the provisions of Chapter 13 of the envisaged agreement display with
trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore is also specific in nature because a breach of the provisions concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection, set out in that chapter, authorises the other Party — in accordance with the rule of customary
international law codified in Article 60 (1) of the Convention on the law of treaties, -LSB-...]-- to terminate or suspend the
liberalisation, provided for in the other provisions of the envisaged agreement, of that
trade.»
The Court's language might nonetheless suggest that such a decision is not entirely up to the political discretion of these two institutions by stating that «
liberalisation of that
trade [is made] subject to the condition that the Parties comply with their
international obligations concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection» (para. 166).
Indeed, the Court considers that the sustainable development chapter «plays an essential role in the agreement» (para. 162) and that the agreement operates under a form of conditionality «by making
liberalisation of that
trade subject to the condition that the Parties comply with their
international obligations concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection» (para. 166).
Growing — Dubai's total
international trade has grown on average by over 11 % per year since 1988 and regional economic growth and
liberalisation should boost demand further;
Today, however, many of the existing specialised
international tribunals have been created in the context of a particular regime, such as one which promotes, for example, the
liberalisation of
international trade rules, the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or the economic integration of a regional organisation.