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Legal thoughts on how to merge trade facilitation and safety and security

Legal thoughts on how to merge trade facilitation and safety and security. I. Introduction I I . Some theoretical considerations Hard Law versus Soft Law in a bid to get the Suitable form of Legislation 2. Can Customary International Law work ?

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Legal thoughts on how to merge trade facilitation and safety and security

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  1. Legal thoughts on how to merge trade facilitation and safety and security

  2. I. Introduction II. Some theoretical considerations • Hard Law versus Soft Law in a bid to get the Suitable form of Legislation 2. Can Customary International Law work? 3. A Case for an International Agreement on Trade Facilitation and Security

  3. III. Trade Facilitation, Safety and Security under the World Customs Organization • A comparison of some of the provisions of the SAFE Framework which are already catered for in the Revised Kyoto Convention 2. Trade Facilitation and Security are different sides of the same coin

  4. IV. Trade Facilitation, Safety and Security under the WTO • Publication and Availability of Information 2. Disciplines on Fees and Charges imposed on or in connection with Importation and Exportation 3. Freedom of Transit 4. Other Trade Facilitation / Supply Chain Security-related Provisions

  5. V. Proposal: Merging Trade Facilitation and Security under the WCO and WTO auspices Alternative 1: Building hard law in WCO; creating a dispute settlement mechanism Alternative 2: Incorporating safety and security into TF agreement of WTO; creating Technical Committee on TF and Security managed by WCO

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