The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) deals with the progressive opening of these markets in high-income countries. This process should be finished by the year 2005, when the whole sector should be under the WTO rules. The scope of the liberalization, implemented up to now, has been...

L'UE et le Mercosur negocient actuellement un accord de libre-echange. En fait, la Politique Commerciale Commune est caracterisee par une "hierarchie des preferences commerciales" dans laquelle la position du Mercosur n'est pas favorable, ce qui explique le faible volume d'echanges bilateraux....

Cet article presente une methode d'evaluation de l'ouverture commerciale applicable au niveau de marches elementaires (plus de 5000 produits et 200 pays). Les barrieres aux echanges sont identifiees grace a un indicateur de discrimination commerciale revelee. Cette mesure tire parti des...

This paper analyses the impact on China's economy from its accession to the WTO. Using a two-region Chinese CGE model, the analysis shows the gains China would derive from a more efficient allocation of resources and from the elimination of MFA quota. It also indicates that the gains are...

This paper discusses the measurement of production and employment effects of trade policy, and more broadly the effects of economic integration and globalization. First, it provides a broad-brush overview of the ex-post literature linking trade to performance, such as measures of worker...

L'eventualite d'un accord de libre-echange des Ameriques accroit les chances qu'un accord commercial soit conclu entre l'Union europeenne et le Mercosur. Cet article examine les consequences de trois scénarios de liberalisation possibles, qui different par le degre d'inclusion de l'agriculture...

Do good institutions foster trade? Many trade agreements, and notably those of the European Union, introduce institutional provisions in addition to strictly free-trade measures. In this article, we are interested in the influence of democracy and the fight against corruption on trade. We use a...

Une analyse gravitationnelle est conduite afin d'obtenir une avaluation des effets de diversion des exportations europeennes au Mexique attribuables a l'ALENA. Diverses specifications econometriques permettent d'identifier les facteurs a l'origine des evolutions de parts de marche. Si la...

The analysis of the border effect in a multi-currency framework reveals that volatility accounts for an important part of the border effect in Europe. This paper proposes an explanation of why this methodology yields robust results of the negative effects of volatility on trade, contrary to a...

Starting from our earlier multi-region trade model, we develop two new 24 sector small open economy (SOE) computable general equilibrium models (CGE) of Chile. One is comparative static and the other is dynamic. We evaluate the impact of Chile forming free trade agreements with either NAFTA or...