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Financial Services and the WTO : Liberalization in the Developing and Transition Economies
World Trade Organization - 1998
(GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884310
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Does Globalization Cause a Higher Concentration of International Trade and Investment Flows?
World Trade Organization - 1998
It has sometimes been argued that "globalization" benefits only a small number of countries, and that this leads to … greater marginalization of excluded countries. This paper argues that globalization is not necessarily biased towards greater …, marginalization is not intrinsic to globalization. Key Words: Globalization, international trade and investment flows concentration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884304
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Reform in Basic Telecommunications and the WTO Negotiations : The Asian Experience
World Trade Organization - 1998
This paper examines liberalization of the basic telecommunications sector in a number of Asian countries and the role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in this process. It begins by explaining the working of the GATS as a mechanism for multilateral liberalization efforts. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884302
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Trade Costs in the Global Economy : Measurement, Aggregation and Decomposition
World Trade Organization - 2021
Proper measurement and aggregation of trade costs is of paramount importance for sound academic and policy analysis of the determinants - particularly those of policy - of economic outcomes. The international trade profession has witnessed signifcant new developments, both on the theoretical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884398
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A Simple Trade Policy Perspective on Capital Controls
World Trade Organization - 1998
This note discusses capital controls using insights from the trade policy literature. It highlights some key issues that have been neglected in the current international debate on capital controls. Capital is tradable in the same way as many goods and services are. As a result, much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884299
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Financial Services Trade, Capital Flows, and Financial Stability
World Trade Organization - 1998
complement other policies, including financial regulation. Secondly, even in countries where the financial system is weak, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884311
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The GATS Turns Ten: A Preliminary Stocktaking : World Trade Forum 2004
World Trade Organization - 2004
The paper discusses the experience to date with the implementation and application of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), some ten years after its entry into force. One striking observation is the smooth functioning of the Agreement, which has created far less tensions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012883882
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The New Liberalism : Trade Policy Developments in Emerging Markets
World Trade Organization - 1997
In the last ten years, there has been a sea change in trade and related policies in emerging markets. This results from autonomous reforms undertaken in conjunction with macroeconomic stabilization programmes. Many non-tariff measures have been eliminated and tariffs, now the principal trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884356
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Regulatory Autonomy and Multilateral Disciplines : The Dilemma and a Possible Resolution
World Trade Organization - 1998
A major challenge for the multilateral trading system is to secure the benefits of trade liberalization without infringing on the freedom of governments to pursue legitimate domestic objectives. The difficulty lies in distinguishing between two types of situations. In one, a non-protectionist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884313
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Intellectual Property and Digital Trade Mapping International Regulatory Responses to Emerging Issues
World Trade Organization - 2021
This paper explores how regulatory responses to emerging IP issues in digital trade may develop at the international level and in particular how existing mechanisms might influence the chances of developing internationally agreed rules in this regard. The primacy of state sovereignty in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884396