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Assessing the impact of political economy factors on rules of origin under NAFTA

Portugal-Pérez, Alberto - 2009

"Rules of origin are legitimate policy instruments to prevent trade deflection in a preferential trade agreement short of a customs union. Trade deflection takes place when a product imported into the preferential trade agreement through the member with the lowest external tariff is transhipped...

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Openness and industrial response in a Wal-Mmart world : a case study of Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactant producers

Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2006

"This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was...

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Regional integration and technology diffusion : the case of the North America Free Trade Agreement

Wang, Yanling - 2003

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Streamlining non-tariff measures : a toolkit for policymakers

Cadot, Olivier - 2012

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Trade policy, trade costs, and developing country trade

Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2008

"This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade...

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The data chase : what's out there on trade costs and nontariff barriers ?

Bagai, Shweta - 2006

"Trade costs and nontariff barriers are at the forefront of discussions on competitiveness and expanding trade opportunities for developing countries. This paper provides a summary overview of data and indicators relevant to these issues and has been informed by work underway at the World Bank...

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A general equilibrium estimation of the effects of reductions in tariffs and quantitative restrictions in Turkey in 1978

Grais, Wafik - 1984

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A Survey of Non-Tariff Measures in the East Asia and Pacific Region

World Bank - 2012

This report seeks to give a multifaceted view of non-tariff issues facing countries in the East Asia and Pacific region both vis-a-vis their most important export markets as well as intra-regionally. While the first perspective is important today given the high dependence of East Asian and Latin...

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Trade, standards, and the political economy of genetically modified food

Anderson, Kym - 2004

European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms …

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Missing Food : The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank - 2012

Low-income, food-deficit countries have become especially concerned about the global and national food situation over … the past three years. While the proximate cause of this heightened concern was the surge in food prices that began in 2006 … seem to prevail, continuing price volatility, and the risk of intermittent food shortages occurring repeatedly far into the …

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