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Relevance of ‘Policy Space’ for Development : Implications for Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Kumar, Nagesh; Gallagher, Kevin P. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper makes a compelling case for public intervention for fostering industrial development. We have also summarized evidence that suggests that present day developed countries have extensively employed infant industry protection, industrial policy and performance requirements, soft...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363442
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Current WTO Negotiations Under Doha Round Insights from CPD’s Geneva Tracking Mission
al, Mustafizur Rahman et - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
A Four Member delegation of experts from the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) undertook a WTO Tracking Mission in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363451
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TAIWAN'S ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC ARCHITECTURE OF EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Drysdale, Peter; Xu, Xinpeng - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2004
The accession of both China and Taiwan to the World Trade Organization (WTO) had important implications for relations … become even more isolated diplomatically. Moreover, despite WTO accession, Taiwan maintains discrimination in its trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365156
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Rules of Origin - Evolving Best Practices for RTAs/FTAs
Lazaro, Dorothea C.; Medalla, Erlinda M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper aims to add to the understanding of the issues and suggests a framework to move towards the use of best practice in ROOs. Rules of Origin (ROO), originally designed as uncontroversial and neutral devise for authentication and statistical purposes, have evolved over time to accommodate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365164
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Evaluating the Contributions of Regional Trade Agreements to Governance of Services Trade
Stephenson, Sherry; Robert, Maryse - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
services notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under Article V of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS … rules and liberalization commitments on services trade for WTO members. It addresses this question and its implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653138
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Evaluating the Contributions of Regional Trade Agreements to Governance of Services Trade
Stephenson, Sherry; Robert, Maryse - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
services notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under Article V of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS … rules and liberalization commitments on services trade for WTO members. It addresses this question and its implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653166
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Rediscovering the Role of Developing Countries in GATT before the Doha Round
Ismail, Faizel - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Developing countries have been characterized as having played an essentially defensive role in the GATT, unwilling to …. These three perspectives have become part of the conventional wisdom in the academic literature on the GATT. The paper … GATT. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363374
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The Evolution and Utilization of the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism
Chang, Pao-li - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
countries' incentives to block (appeal) a panel report under the GATT (WTO) regime. The study then analyzes the effects of …This paper provides a theoretical framework of dispute settlement to explain the surge in blocking incidence of GATT … the GATT regime. The study first suggests the role of the degree of legal controversy over a panel ruling in determining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365115
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An Open Services Regime - Recipe for Jobless Growth?
Karmakar, Suparna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Development economists disfavour with services as a viable engine of growth has been expressed both through theoretical and empirical analysis. One of the stylized facts of development economics is that share of services in employment increases only with the rise in per capita incomes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365458
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The India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement and the Proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement : A Closer Look
Kelegama, Saman - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement has been in operation for more than a decade. The paper provides the Sri Lankan perspective of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) highlighting both the positive outcomes and the negative aspects. The paper shows that the FTA has worked in favor of Sri...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147325