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Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms
Eschenbach, Felix - 2006
"The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial...
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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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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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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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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...
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Services in a development round : three goals and three proposals
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2005
"The benefits of services trade reform are huge but services negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) are making little progress. A proximate cause is the current negotiating process, based on an inertial request-and-offer approach rather than a set of goals that would give direction...
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Pre-empting protectionism in services : the WTO and outsourcing
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2004
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Regulatory assessment toolkit : a practical methodology for assessing regulation on trade and investment in services
Molinuevo, Martín - 2014
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Quantifying the impact of services liberalization in a developing country
Konan, Denise Eby - 2004
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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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