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Assessing the Supply Chain Effect of Natural Disasters : Evidence from Chinese Manufacturers

World Trade Organization - 2021

This paper uses Chinese firm level data to detect the international propagation of adverse shocks triggered by the US hurricane season in 2005. We provide evidence that Chinese processing manufacturers with tight trade linkages to the United States reduced their intermediate imports from the...

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An Economic Analysis of the US-China Trade Conflict

World Trade Organization - 2020

This paper provides an economic analysis of the trade conflict between the US and China, providing an overview of the …

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Trade Policy Substitution : Theory and Evidence from Specific Trade Concerns

World Trade Organization - 2014

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...

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Has the Multilateral Hong Kong Ministerial Decision on Duty Free Quota Free Market Access Provided a Breakthrough in the Least-Developed Countries' Export Performance?

World Trade Organization - 2016

) market access for products originating in Least developed countries (LDCs) on the latter's export performance. The analysis … a positive effect on LDCs' export performance on primary products; the average effect on manufacturing exports has been … statistically nil. In the short and medium term, this decision has exerted a positive effect on LDCs' merchandise export performance …

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Expect the Unexpected? LDC GATS Commitments as Internationally Credible Policy Indicators? The Example of Mali

World Trade Organization - 2011

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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Fragmented Production : Regionalization of Trade?

World Trade Organization - 2003

and customs procedures are in place. Changing trade patterns between USA and Mexico and China suggests that proximity and … Mexico's trade with USA is driven by vertical specialization than China's trade with USA. Nevertheless, China has caught up …

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Vertical Specialization and the Quality of Infrastructure

World Trade Organization - 2003

This paper explores the role of producer services and ICT on international outsourcing. The motivation for outsourcing is to focus on core business and improve efficiency and outsourcing companies usually outsource a number of functions and the efficiency gains depend on the ability for the...

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Is Trade Liberalization a Window of Opportunity for Women?

World Trade Organization - 2003

variation between sectors rather than within sectors over time, indicating that export-competing industries tend to employ women …

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The WTO Global Trade Costs Index and Its Determinants

World Trade Organization - 2021

This study provides a decomposition of the WTO Global Trade Costs Index into five policy-relevant components: transport and travel costs; information and transaction costs; ICT connectedness; trade policy and regulatory differences; and governance quality. The WTO Global Trade Costs Index is...

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The Development of Trade Policies in the Asia and Pacific Region Over the Past 30 Years Since 1989

World Trade Organization - 2020

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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