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Does Globalization Cause a Higher Concentration of International Trade and Investment Flows?

World Trade Organization - 1998

It has sometimes been argued that "globalization" benefits only a small number of countries, and that this leads to … greater marginalization of excluded countries. This paper argues that globalization is not necessarily biased towards greater …, marginalization is not intrinsic to globalization. Key Words: Globalization, international trade and investment flows concentration. …

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Trade Costs in the Global Economy : Measurement, Aggregation and Decomposition

World Trade Organization - 2021

Proper measurement and aggregation of trade costs is of paramount importance for sound academic and policy analysis of the determinants - particularly those of policy - of economic outcomes. The international trade profession has witnessed signifcant new developments, both on the theoretical and...

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COVID-19 and Global Value Chains : A Discussion of Arguments on Value Chain Organization and the Role of the WTO

World Trade Organization - 2021

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a discussion among researchers and policy makers about changes to global value chains, both about expected changes and changes that should be promoted by government policies. In this paper we conduct an in-depth analysis of the reasons...

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International Trade in Travel and Tourism Services : Economic Impact and Policy Responses during the COVID-19 Crisis

World Trade Organization - 2020

In this paper, we investigate tourism-related policy approaches that WTO member countries adopted in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. We highlight the need for stakeholders to coordinate their responses in order to mitigate the negative crisis effects and better prepare the sector for the...

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World Trade Organization - 2020

COVID-19, caused by SARS-Cov-2, was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Since …

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Use of Currencies in International Trade : Any Changes in the Picture?

World Trade Organization - 2012

The paper reviews a number of issues related to the use of currencies in international trade, more than one decade after the introduction of the euro and shortly after steps taken by the Chinese authorities to liberalize the use of the RMB in off-shore markets. Trade is an important factor in...

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Services Liberalization from a WTO/GATS Perspective: In Search of Volunteers

World Trade Organization - 2009

There has been virtually no liberalization under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to date. Most existing commitments are confined to guaranteeing the levels of access that existed in the mid-1990s, when the Agreement entered into force, in a limited number of sectors. The only...

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Trade Remedy Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

World Trade Organization - 2007

This paper maps and examines the provisions on anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in seventy-four regional trade agreements (RTAs). The RTAs vary in size, degree of integration, geographic region and the level of economic development of their members. The key policy concern of...

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Turning Hills into Mountains? : Current Commitments under the GATS and Prospects for Change

World Trade Organization - 2005

Over the past months, it has become increasingly clear that the services negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda will not produce significant improvements on current commitments unless major new impetus is provided. In an introductory section, this paper discusses various impediments,...

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The GATS Turns Ten: A Preliminary Stocktaking : World Trade Forum 2004

World Trade Organization - 2004

The paper discusses the experience to date with the implementation and application of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), some ten years after its entry into force. One striking observation is the smooth functioning of the Agreement, which has created far less tensions and...

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