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An Assessment of the Informal Sector Trade in Kenya
Gor, Seth Omondi - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 13 (2012) 1
This study assesses the nature and practice of cross-border trade in Kenya with a view to filling the information gap on its patterns and key characteristics, a gap that has hitherto acted to hinder effective policy formulation. The study relies on information from a number of cross-border...
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U.S. Agricultural Export Credits after the WTO Cotton Ruling: The Law of Unintended Consequences
Benitah, Marc - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 06 (2005) 2
The recent WTO cotton ruling has led to a paradoxical result for the United States, a result that seems a textbook illustration of the "law of unintended consequences". Indeed, during the Uruguay Round negotiations of the present WTO agreements, the United States refused to put agricultural...
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FTAA: What's in It for the South?
Hester, Annette - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 03 (2002) 2
. Others say that negotiating tariff reductions will do little to increase exports. The argument is that non-tariff barriers to … South. Interestingly, a number of these ideas are coming from Brazil, the hemisphere's most populous country after the US …, and clearly a leader in the region. Presidential elections in Brazil took place in the fall of 2002 just prior to an FTAA …
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Dynamics of the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade: Market and Welfare Effects of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement
Baek, Jungho - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 12 (2011) 2
This article examines the effects of macroeconomic variables (i.e., housing starts, disposable income, and the exchange rate), market variables (i.e., lumber price and wage rate) and the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA06) on U.S. lumber imports from Canada. It also looks at the welfare...
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Special and Differential Treatment in the GATT: A Pyrrhic Victory for Developing Countries: Technical Annex
Christie, Andrew - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 10 (2009) 2
This document is the technical annex to the full paper "Special and Differential Treatment in the GATT: A Pyrrhic Victory for Developing Countries" which is available separately.
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Fruit and Vegetables, and the Role They Have Played in Determining the EU’s Aggregate Measurement of Support
Swinbank, Alan - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 12 (2011) 2
In its periodic declarations of domestic support to the WTO, the EU has progressively reduced its amber-box declarations in line with its changing system of farm support. Surprisingly, however, in 2007/08 it managed to more than halve its amber box compared with that of the previous year, easily...
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The Role of International Trade in Achieving Food Security
Kerr, William A. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 12 (2011) 2
Deteriorating food security status is primarily a local phenomenon resulting from failures in food systems and inadequate incomes. Technological advances in agriculture have led to declining long-term trends in food prices, which have assisted in improving diets. It is projected that in the...
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Exploring the Influence of International Agreements on the Development of Science-based Regulatory Systems in Developing Economies
Ryan, Camille; McDonald, Jillian; Smyth, Stuart J. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 13 (2012) 2
This article examines three developing countries to identify capacities for innovative science policy: Brazil, South …
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The Importance of Trade Adjustment Support to the Caribbean Rum Industry: Technical Annex
Hunte, Kelly A. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 13 (2012) 1
This article outlines the importance of trade adjustment support to the Caribbean rum industry and how this support aided in the restructuring of the industry. The main objective of this article is to analyse and learn from the successful experience of the Integrated Development Programme for...
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Abstinence and the Single Desk: Canada – US Wheat Trade Relations in a post-CWB World
Rude, James - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 13 (2012) 2
The elimination of the single-desk monopsony/monopoly granted to the Canadian Wheat Board for western Canadian milling wheat acquisitions and sales will have ramifications for Canadian-U.S. trade relations. This article speculates on the volume of future north/south wheat trade flows. Given this...
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