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World Trade Organization - 2020

We collect a novel dataset that covers about 130 countries and the six four-digit live animal categories in the Harmonized System (HS) over a sixteen-year period, to study the link between illicit trade in live animals and threat to animal health from infectious diseases.

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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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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 tariff increases, a discussion of the background of the trade conflict, and an analysis of the economic effects of the trade conflict, based both on empirics (ex post analysis)...

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Preferential and Non-Preferential Trade Flows in World Trade

World Trade Organization - 1998

This paper quantifies the extent of preferential trade as a share of total world trade in different regions of the … world and for two periods. Results show that: i) preferential trade represented 40% of world trade in the period 1988 … shares in Asia and Oceania (around 4 per cent) and average values in the rest-of-the-world (Eastern Europe and Africa); iv …

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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...

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Trade and Environment : What can we Learn from Trade Policy Reviews?

World Trade Organization - 2020

In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures notified to WTO. The database also includes...

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“Agricultural Products” and “Fishery Products” in the GATT and WTO : A History of Relevant Discussions on Product Scope During Negotiations

World Trade Organization - 2021

The WTO Agreement on Agriculture applies to those “agricultural products” as defined in its Annex 1. This definition expressly excludes “fish and fish products” from the scope of application of the Agreement. In light of this exclusion, the paper is intended to provide a historical...

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Trade and climate change : a report by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Trade Organization

Teh, Robert; Kulaçoğlu, Vesile; Olhoff, Anne; … - 2009

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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

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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Fragmented Production : Regionalization of Trade?

World Trade Organization - 2003

This paper explores the impact of vertical specialization on world trade within the framework of the O-ring theory of …, the sector in which vertical specialization is most prominent. It appears that vertical specialization adds to total world …

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