We investigate to what extent the probability that a Specific Trade Concern (STC) is raised in the WTO against a Member 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...

Market access provisions on trade in goods in regional trade agreements / Jo-Ann Crawford -- Preferential rules of origin in regional trade agreements / Maria Donner Abreu -- Trade facilitation under the regional trade agreement umbrella : origins and evolution / Nora Neufeld -- Do regional...