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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization

Francois, Joseph; Hoekman, Bernard; Manchin, Miriam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. We …

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Income convergence across asian economies : an empirical exploration

Ghatak, Sunetra; De, Prabir - In: Journal of Asia Pacific business 22 (2021) 3, pp. 182-200

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The Burden of Proof in National Treatment Disputes and the Environment

Horn, Henrik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper examines the role of the burden of proof (BoP) in National Treatment (NT) disputes under trade agreements …

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Beyond the WTO? An Anatomy of EU and US Preferential Trade Agreements

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C; Sapir, André - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

It is often alleged that PTAs involving the EC and the US include a significant number of obligations in areas not currently covered by the WTO Agreement, such as investment protection, competition policy, labour standards and environmental protection. The primary purpose of this study is...

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A Survey of the Literature on the WTO Dispute Settlement System

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper surveys the law and economics literature on WTO dispute settlement. As a background, we first briefly lay out main features of the legal framework, and discuss possible roles of a dispute settlement mechanism. We then discuss the two main themes in the empirical literature on dispute...

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Rules of Origin for Goods and Services: Conceptual Issues and Economic Considerations

Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

Rules of origin form part of the traditional trade policy landscape. They are necessary for any government that seeks … the context of trade in services, and summarizes the results of the economic literature with respect to rules of origin … origin by policy-makers and analysts is in large part a reflection of the spread of regional trade arrangements. Much of the …

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Dismantling Discrimination Against Developing Countries: Access, Rules and Differential Treatment

Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper discusses the challenges confronting developing countries seeking to overcome discrimination in world trade …

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Is The Use Of The WTO Dispute Settlement System Biased?

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C; Nordström, Håkan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

The larger trading nations have been the main users of the WTO Dispute Settlement system during its first four years of existence (1995-1998). This has prompted a debate about whether the DS system is biased against smaller and poorer countries, for example, because of a lack of legal capacities...

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Developing Countries and Enforcement of Trade Agreements: Why Dispute Settlement Is Not Enough

Bown, Chad P.; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Poor countries are rarely challenged in formal WTO trade disputes for failing to live up to commitments, reducing the … benefits of their participation in international trade agreements. This paper examines the political-economic causes of the … function of the WTO is important to make trade agreements more relevant to trade constituencies in developing countries. While …

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Economic Development and the WTO After Doha

Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

benefit from deeper trade integration. It discusses the policy agenda that confronts many developing countries and identifies … policymakers and researchers on the interaction between trade policy, economic development and the GATT/WTO trading system, but …

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