Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a unilateral process of trade liberalization … trade reform, and the present status regarding tariffs and quantitative restrictions in the various countries. …

This study investigates the economic impacts of accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by the new member … countries of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The trade policies of these countries are examined, and a series of …-specific policy challenges associated with trade liberalization-- such as declining tariff revenues in Cambodia, and the negative …

Oil and energy markets have experienced dramatic changes over the past two decades-steep price increases in the 1970s …, investment, and trade. This study examines the growth in demand for eight major oil products for 37 developing countries over the …