This paper discusses the likely evolution of the trade and environment issue in the World Trade Organization after the … evolution of the trade and environment issue. Developments seem likely to be driven in the next few years as much by factors … outside the GATT/WTO as well as within it, as new global environmental arrangements, some with potentially large trade …

analysis; thus, if these aims are pursued as stated, then we conclude that they are unlikely to deliver the meaningful trade … membership into the world trading system, the WTO may face a "latecomers" problem that, while occurring also in earlier rounds … deliver trade gains for developing countries …

This paper discusses both the potential contribution that trade policy initiatives can make towards the achievement of … motivated geographical trade arrangements, including carbon free trade areas. We first suggest that trade policy is likely to be … next several decades will be growth more so than trade and its composition, and in turn, the size of trade seemingly …

This paper reviews the history of bilateral trade negotiations between Taiwan and the U.S. The question posed at the … negative answer. Bilateral negotiations for market opening with the threat of unilateral trade sanctions (such as Section 301 … action) tend to encourage trade preferences and U.S. negotiators are inclined to accept such preferential arrangements in …

We analyze whether preferential trade agreements (PTAs) affect the incidence and pattern of antidumping (AD) filings … suggest a protection analogue to the "trade creation-trade diversion" impact of PTAs. PTA members are spared from AD actions …

This paper reviews China's multilateral and preferential trade policies. It reviews the demanding terms of China's WTO … accession, its current tariff and trade regime and its participation in the Doha Round negotiations and the institution …'s regular activities. The analysis concludes that China's trade policies are broadly supportive of a rules based multilateral …

We consider the design and implementation of international trade agreements when: (i) negotiations are undertaken and … implemented only if they are self-enforcing. We thus consider the design of self-enforcing trade agreements among governments that …

This paper discusses the role that trade can potentially play in both negotiating and operating a post Kyoto/post 2012 … global climate policy regime. As an addition to the bargaining set for a global climate negotiation, trade in principle … global climate regime. The reverse is also true, that in a linked climate-trade-finance global policy coordination structure …