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The United States and the New Regionalism/ Bilateralism

Yang, Yongzheng; Hilaire, Alvin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

Current U.S. trade policy stresses establishing free trade areas (FTAs) with partners spanning the globe. Motivations include enhancing goods and services trade; stimulating investment flows; extending standards on intellectual property rights, labor, and the environment; and addressing...

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A Currency Union for the Caribbean

Worrell, DeLisle - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

The experiences of Caribbean Economic Community countries show that exchange rate depreciation in these countries is inflationary, and that, while changes in the relative prices of tradables may affect exports, tourism, and imports, nominal exchange rate changes have no predictable effect on...

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China'S Integration Into the World Economy; Implications for Developing Countries

Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did … (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly concerned that China’s competition in the world goods and capital … markets may adversely affect their own growth prospects. This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for …

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Economic Resilience with An Exchange Rate Peg; The Barbados Experience, 1985-2000

Craigwell, Roland; Greenidge, Kevin; Codrington, Harold; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper discusses the institutional arrangements for exchange rate targeting in Barbados and the critical role they played in the policy response to its balance of payments crisis of 1991-92. The framework featured ongoing cooperation between the central bank and the Ministry of Finance, and...

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