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This paper analyzes the appropriate sequencing between accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the … implementation of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) customs union and whether the latter facilitates or delays WTO accession for … WTO accession, this may cause delays that benefit some countries at the expense of others. The paper simulates the welfare …
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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...
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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...
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This paper attempts to assess the incremental external financing requirements occasioned by changes in world food …
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This paper furnishes robust evidence that the GATT/WTO has had a powerful and positive impact on trade. The impact has …, however, been uneven. GATT/WTO membership for industrial countries has been associated with a large increase in imports … estimated at about 40 percent of world trade. The same has not been true for developing country members, although those that …
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paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the WTO Agreement in Agriculture, the special agricultural safeguards have …
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The paper explores empirically the links between the WTO-driven liberalization of trade in financial services and the …
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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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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...
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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...
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