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Chapter 1. The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy
Bown, C.P.; Crowley, M.A. - 2016
represented 83% of the world's population and 91% of the world's GDP in 2013. We address five questions: Do some countries have …, how liberalized is world trade? Our analysis documents the extent of cross-sectional heterogeneity in applied commercial … policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy. …
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Chapter 2. The Escape Clause in Trade Agreements
Beshkar, M.; Bond, E.W. - 2016
We provide a synthesis of the theoretical models that study the use of escape clauses, also known as safeguards, in multilateral and preferential trade agreements. We consider models that explain this type of flexibility based on economic efficiency, political economy shocks, and...
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The import substitution trap in the realities of the automotive industry
Partsvaniya, V. R. - In: Studies on Russian economic development 33 (2022) 2, pp. 203-210
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Hidden protectionism? : evidence from non-tariff barriers to trade in the United States
Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - 2014
Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non- compliance with U.S. product … does not prove) the existence of counter-cyclical, hidden protectionism due to non-tariff barriers to trade in the United …
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International standards and the WTO TBT Agreement : improving governance for regulatory alignment
Wijkström, Erik; McDaniels, Devin - 2013 - Manuscript date: 19 March 2013
The WTO TBT Agreement obliges governments to use international standards as a basis for regulation, yet leaves a degree of flexibility with respect to the choice of standard, and the manner of its use. This interplay between obligation and flexibility has given rise to tension in various fora of...
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Reform in Basic Telecommunications and the WTO Negotiations : The Asian Experience
World Trade Organization - 1998
This paper examines liberalization of the basic telecommunications sector in a number of Asian countries and the role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in this process. It begins by explaining the working of the GATS as a mechanism for multilateral liberalization efforts. It...
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Crisis and Protection in the Automotive Industry : A Global Value Chain Perspective
Sturgeon, Timothy J. - 2009
In this paper the authors apply global value chain (GVC) analysis to recent trends in the global automotive industry, with special attention paid to government interventions triggered by the recent economic crisis. The authors first highlight some of the defining characteristics of GVCs in this...
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Non-tariff measures in agriculture
Gourdon, Julien; Stone, Susan F.; Tongeren, Frank W. van - 2020
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) provisions and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) generally raise trade costs, but by providing a positive signal to consumers that enhances confidence in imported products they can also expand trade. This paper seeks to identify which specific elements of SPS and...
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Sorting out mixed messages under the WTO National Treatment Principle : a proposed approach
Lydgate, Emily - In: World trade review : economics, law, international … 15 (2016) 3, pp. 423-450
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Is the Global Economy Deglobalizing? And if so, why? And what is next?
Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; Reed, Tristan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Data on global trade as well as capital and labor flows indicate a slowdown, but not reversal, of globalization post the 2008-09 financial crisis. Yet profound changes in the policy environment and public sentiment in the largest economies over the past five years suggest the beginning of a new...
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