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Trade Policy in Financial Services
McDonald, Bradley J. - 2000
This paper reviews the economics of trade policy in financial services, highlighting differences between trade across borders and through commercial presence. Trade liberalization could complement other financial reforms by enhancing the efficiency, quality, and variety of financial services and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399959
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The Burden of Sub-Saharan African Own Commitments in the Uruguay Round : Myth or Reality?
Sorsa, Piritta - 1995
The paper reviews Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) (i) own market access commitments in the Uruguay Round, and (ii) the nature of the constraints on SSA policies set by the Uruguay Round. It concludes that SSA failed to use the Uruguay Round to lock domestic reforms to an international anchor. Apart...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396474
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The Uruguay Round and Net Food Importers
Eiteljörge, Uwe - 1995
This paper attempts to assess the incremental external financing requirements occasioned by changes in world food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395317
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China's Trade Flows : Changing Price Sensitivies and the Reform Process
Dayal-Gulati, Anuradha - 1999
trade flows. Econometric estimates of export and import equations provide evidence that trade flows have indeed become …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403429
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NAFTA to USMCA : what is gained?
Burfisher, Mary E.; Lambert, Frederic; Matheson, Troy - 2019
The United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed on November 30, 2018 and aims to replace and modernize the North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This paper uses a global, multisector, computable-general-equilibrium model to provide an analytical assessment of five key...
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Proximity and horizontal policies : the backbone of export diversification and complexity
Salinas, Gonzalo - 2021
The lack of a clear link between general economic fundamentals and export diversification indicators in the literature … has fueled the believe that industrial policies are an absolute requisite to diversify exports. This paper, however, does … traditional methodologies: using export categories that lead to diversification (for example, manufactures) as dependent variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518855
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Adjusting to New Realities : MENA the Uruguay Round, and the Eu-Mediterranean Initiative
Fennell, Susan - 1997
This paper addresses concerns that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the exception of the GCC economies, has lagged behind in trade liberalization. This delay has adversely affected production efficiency and consumer welfare and could reduce the region’s ability to attract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400709
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Environmental Protectionism, North-South Trade, and the Uruguay Round
Sorsa, Piritta - 1995
The paper seeks to provide an overview of the present state of debate on trade, environment and the GATT for developing countries. Potential for green protectionism and relevant GATT rules are discussed in three areas: i) environmental product regulations including eco-labeling and other product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396257
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Russia and the WTO : The ""Gravity"" of Outsider Status
Lissovolik, Yaroslav - 2004
With China''s accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization''s most prominent nonmember. This paper … basis of cross-section and panel regressions for 1995-2002, we find that Russian exports to WTO members have fallen short of … various WTO procedures, although own-export restrictions could have a similar effect. The model points to Russia''s further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404162
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The slowdown in global trade : a symptom of a weak recovery
Aslam, Aqib; Boz, Emine; Cerutti, Eugenio M.; … - 2017
Global trade growth has slowed since 2012 relative both to its strong historical performance and to overall economic growth. This paper aims to quantify the role of weak economic growth and changes in its decomposition in accounting for the slowdown in trade using a reduced form and a structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763603