Chinese exports to the U.S. in the years surrounding China’s 2001 WTO accession. Following predictions based on a model of …

standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease …

, assuming that the agreement would eliminate all transatlantic tariffs and reduce non-tariff barriers as other deep PTAs have …

bilateral measure of market access to compare tariffs applied in 1996 and 2006, which includes the timing of the Uruguay Round … and episodes of bilateral liberalization. Our econometric estimations show that the reduced tariffs imposed on emerging …

Historically, tariffs have been an attractive policy tool to protect domestic industries. The benefits of such a policy …

as tariffs, can continue to disadvantage foreign firms. We analyze the bidding strategies in such a game and show that … when domestic profits are valued, tariffs will be used to discriminate against foreign firms. Furthermore, we find that … optimal tariffs can be more protectionist than the optimal price preference, resulting in lower expected domestic welfare and …