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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. …
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Since the mid-1990s, ACI growth has improved the non-oil terms of trade of the developed countries. There have also been …-developed manufacturing exporters, worsening their terms of trade and constraining their pricing ability. ACI growth has been especially … adversely affected by high import costs. , the People's Republic of China (PRC), and India—here referred to as the ACI …
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Since the mid-1990s, ACI growth has improved the non-oil terms of trade of the developed countries. There have also been …-developed manufacturing exporters, worsening their terms of trade and constraining their pricing ability. ACI growth has been especially … adversely affected by high import costs. , the People's Republic of China (PRC), and India—here referred to as the ACI …
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The debate on the trade related environment issues has intensified in the Doha Round at WTO. The idea is to ensure … Trade and Environment and the Committee on Trade and Development at the WTO were asked to act as a forum in which the … Ministerial Declaration is the operative paragraph that sets the guidelines for negotiations on the relationship between WTO rules …
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Intellectual property rights copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and related rights have become … increasingly important with the advent of increased international trade, global and knowledge-based economy and fast developing … technology. A strong intellectual property rights regime is necessary in order to attract foreign trade and direct investments …
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The accession of both China and Taiwan to the World Trade Organization (WTO) had important implications for relations … these restrictions, Taiwan under-utilises trade potential with China and with the world at large compared with other … become even more isolated diplomatically. Moreover, despite WTO accession, Taiwan maintains discrimination in its trade …
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It is now widely agreed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in trouble, struggling to deliver the national … Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986 1994) to the need for domestic transparency in trade policy. He co-authored a … to help restore the ability of the WTO system to deliver those rewards. This paper examines the contribution of domestic …
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In recent past, India has taken several measures to implement the trade facilitation measures. These have helped the … private sector in a major way and have also helped in setting the stage for a WTO agreement in this regard which is all set to … firms has been the one related to the customs valuation. There are varying perceptions regarding the implementation of WTO …
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behind other countries in terms of promoting and facilitating trade of ICT goods with the rest of the world. As compared to … facilitating the promotion of economic, social and human development. ICTs enable trade in other sectors by enhancing market access …. According to the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), Cambodia has approved the importation tariff duty of 5 percent on some of …
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This paper reviews the developments in WTO negotiation on agriculture in the light of the Hong Kong Ministerial … has quantified potential impacts of agricultural trade liberalisation under Doha Round negotiations on prices and welfare … gains, production, consumption and trade of agricultural commodities in Bangladesh. Based on the research findings, the …
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