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Regional Trade Integration and WTO Accession : Which is the Right Sequencing? An Application to the Cis
Tumbarello, Patrizia - 2005
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 some member countries of the Commonwealth of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400926
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What Would a Development-Friendly WTO Architecture Really Look Like?
Subramanian, Arvind - 2003
This paper elaborates on a number of key principles that need to underpin a coherent and development-friendly architecture for the WTO. The key principles include enlarging the scope of WTO bargaining to include labor flows as well as capital flows; creating a structure that would provide a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403675
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The WTO and the Poorest Countries : The Stark Reality
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2004
Small and poor countries pose a challenge for the World Trade Organization (WTO). These countries have acquired a significant say in WTO decision-making. However, they have limited ability to engage in the reciprocity game that is at the heart of the WTO, and have limited interests in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401438
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China : International Trade and WTO Accession
Blancher, Nicolas R. - 2004
China''s increasing integration with the global economy has contributed to sustained growth in international trade. Its exports have become more diversified, and greater penetration of industrial country markets has been accompanied by a surge in China''s imports from all regions-especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404079
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Special Agricultural Safeguards : Virtual Benefits and Real Costs-Lessons for the Doha Round
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2005
In the Doha Round, negotiators are discussing the elimination or continuation of the special agricultural safeguards introduced by the Uruguay Round as well as the creation of special safeguard mechanism for use by developing countries. This paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400731
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Will the Doha Round Lead to Preference Erosion?
Romalis, John - 2006
This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries. It shows that for many developing countries, actual preferential access is less generous than it appears because of low product coverage or complex rules of origin. Thus lowering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404247
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On the Viability of Conditional Assistance Programs
Mayer, Wolfgang - 2005
Economic adjustment and reform programs, including those supported by international financial institutions (IFIs), must cope with informational asymmetries and special interest politics. This presents a particularly serious issue when IFIs make structural economic reforms a condition for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400737
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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 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
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Efficiency and Legitimacy : Trade-Offs in IMF Governance
Cottarelli, Carlo - 2005
, because steps to enhance the legitimacy of such an institution through constraints on its decision-making process may affect … its operational efficiency. Potential trade-offs between legitimacy and efficiency exist for any public institution but … the specific ways in which legitimacy is pursued-that is, on the specific constraints that are set. Strategic reforms …
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