"This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model to assess the welfare impact of commodity price inflation in Tanzania and possible tax policy responses in the short, medium, and long term. The results suggest that global commodity inflation since 2006 may have had a significantly...

This paper focuses upon the links between trade and the environment, and the use of trade policies to address environmental spillovers among countries. The paper emphasizes the existence of alternative forms of international cooperation, ranging from binding agreements to loose coordinating...

The paper aims to identify the interests and concerns of MENA countries in the new round of multilateral trade negotiations (the WTO 2000 negotiations) with a view of helping these countries develop negotiation objectives and strategies. The introduction sets the stage by making the case for...

The paper assesses the impact of the Uruguay Round Agreements on ESCWA countries' exports of manufactured products. The assessment is made with reference to the liberalization achievements in industrial countries, and explores the issue of whether the Round will provide exporters of manufactured...

The paper presents a selective review of the 'new' theories of international trade and examines their relevance to the new opportunities facing Turkey following the dramatic changes in the former Soviet Union (FSU). A gravity flow model is developed to assess the results of these changes. The...

The premise of the paper is that when the forces driving the globalization of the world economy are fully appreciated, the need for a new program of action in the MENA countries becomes very clear. We are going through a period of rapid and fundamental change that requires major adjustments in...

Over the past three decades, free trade agreements were mostly a European phenomenon European Free Trade Agreement [EFTA], European Economic Community [EEC], and their regional arrangements). Recently, this phenomenon has reached the Americas and is growing. The authors show that free trade...

Many developing countries are being encouraged to shift toward increased processing and exports of domestically produced natural resource based products now exported in primary form. But in many major markets, the structure of tariffs and nontariff barriers militate against such efforts. Zero or...

The authors give a long-term perspective on how changes in the former CMEA areas will affect international trade in manufactures. They show that expanding Eastern European exports to the West should be viewed as a step toward normalizing the Eastern European countries'trade patterns. First,...