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Assessing the Impact of WTO Accession on Belarus : A Quantitative Evaluation
World Bank - 2016
As a small and open economy, Belarus' development perspectives are intrinsically linked to its ability to produce and … sell goods and services competitively in the global marketplace. While Belarus is an open economy, its trade links are … non-mineral exports while the share of EU countries in Belarus non-mineral exports account for less than 15 percent. With …
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China's New Trade Issues in The Post-WTO Accession Era
World Bank - 2012
The past eight years witnessed China's phenomenal growth and integration into the world economy, expedited by its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. The accession greatly accelerated China's domestic reforms. By the end of 2007, China was ranked the second largest exporter...
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Introduction and summary to the handbook of trade policy and WTO accession for development in Russia and the CIS
Tarr, David - 2005
"This paper is the introduction and summary chapter of the 43 chapter volume entitled Handbook of Trade Policy and WTO Accession for Development in Russia and the CIS. The key policy conclusions of each of the chapters are highlighted in this paper. The Handbook will be published only in Russian...
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The impact on Russia of WTO accession and the DOHA agenda : the importance of liberalization of barriers against foreign direct investment in services for growth and poverty reduct...
Rutherford, Thomas Fox - 2005
"Taking price changes from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model of world trade, the authors use a small open economy computable general equilibrium comparative static model of the Russian economy to assess the impact of global free trade and a successful completion of the Doha Agenda...
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Telecommunications reform within Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization
Jensen, Jesper - 2005
"In World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, telecommunications is always a sector that receives close scrutiny by the WTO Working Party, and the extent of market access and nondiscriminatory treatment of multinational telecommunications companies in Russia has been a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522698
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The impact of liberalizing barriers to foreign direct investment in services : the case of Russian accession to the World Trade Organization
Jensen, Jesper - 2004
"Jensen, Rutherford, and Tarr use a computable general equilibrium model of the Russian economy to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which encompasses improved market access, tariff reduction, and reduction of barriers against multinational service providers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522943
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Implications of WTO disciplines for special economic zones in developing countries
Creskoff, Stephen - 2009
"Many developing countries operate geographically delineated economic areas in the form of export processing zones, special industrial zones, or free trade zones. This paper provides an overview of the application of World Trade Organization disciplines to incentive programs typically employed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394186
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Services in Doha : what's on the table?
Gootiiz, Batshur - 2009
"Services trade reform matters, but what is Doha doing about it? It has been hard to judge, because of the opaqueness of services policies and the opaqueness of the request-offer negotiating process. This paper attempts to assess what is on the table. It presents the results of the first survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394197
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A special safeguard mechanism for agricultural imports and the management of reform
Finger, J. M. - 2009
"The records of traditional safeguard provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization provides useful information about how a special agricultural safeguard might be made effective. The success of existing safeguard or flexibility provisions to sustain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394221
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Multilateralism beyond Doha
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2008
"There is a fundamental shift taking place in the world economy to which the multilateral trading system has failed to adapt. The Doha process focused on issues of limited significance while the burning issues of the day were not even on the negotiating agenda. This paper advances five...
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