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This paper provides an economic analysis of the trade conflict between the US and China, providing an overview of the …
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in a given sector is affected by past reductions in applied tariffs. Employing an identification strategy based on “new … measures”, we find evidence of a substitution of non-tariff measures for tariffs both in the sample of TBT and in the sample of …. These results are consistent with our theoretical model, which predicts policy substitution between tariffs and standards in …
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This paper assesses the impact of the 2005 multilateral Hong Kong Ministerial decision on duty free quota free (DFQF) market access for products originating in Least developed countries (LDCs) on the latter's export performance. The analysis is conducted over a sample of 41 LDCs, with data...
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There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs) and their often minimal commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS). At a time of urgent need to address domestic infrastructure and investment gaps, this...
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This paper reviews the main developments of trade and related policies and measures in the Asia and Pacific region during the 30 years since establishment, in 1989, of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM). The objectives of the TPRM include facilitating the smooth functioning of the...
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A little over a decade has passed since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. Shortly after the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, an internal Secretariat Task Force was established by the WTO Director-General to monitor the trade-related developments associated with...
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Are changes in services markets provoking reform, restrictions, or inertia? To address this question, we draw upon a new World Bank-WTO Services Trade Policy Database (STPD) to analyse the services trade policies of 68 economies in 23 subsectors across five broad areas—financial services,...
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been a 15 per cent reduction in average tariffs applied by WTO members. This brochure, produced to mark the WTO’s 20th … anniversary, looks at the evolution of trade and tariffs over the past 20 years. …
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been a 15 per cent reduction in average tariffs applied by WTO members. This brochure, produced to mark the WTO’s 20th … anniversary, looks at the evolution of trade and tariffs over the past 20 years. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544301
World Tariff Profiles 2019 provides comprehensive information on the tariffs and non-tariff measures imposed by over …-page profiles for each economy. Statistics on non-tariff measures by country and by product group complement the data on tariffs … preferential tariffs offered by trading partners for products exported by LDCs. …
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