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Bilateral Negotiations and Multilateral Trade : The Case of Taiwan-U.S. Trade Talks
Chen, Tain-Jy; Liu, Meng-Chun - 2021
This paper reviews the history of bilateral trade negotiations between Taiwan and the U.S. The question posed at the outset is: does bilateralism enhance or jeopardize multilateralism? The U.S.-Taiwan experience seems to suggest a grossly negative answer. Bilateral negotiations for market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218908
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Developed Nations and the Economic Impact of Globalization
Moak, Ken - 2017
. GATT, Rounds of Negotiations, and the World Trade Organization -- 6. Selected Bilateral and Regional Trade and Investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397184
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The WTO : Theory and Practice
Bagwell, Kyle - 2010
We consider the purpose and design of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, GATT. We review recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150443
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Can the Doha Round Be a Development Round? Setting a Place at the Table
Bagwell, Kyle - 2014
membership into the world trading system, the WTO may face a "latecomers" problem that, while occurring also in earlier rounds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067007
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Measuring Openness to Trade
Waugh, Michael E. - 2016
from moving to a world with frictionless trade. In this model, a country's trade potential depends on only the trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994894
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Aid, Trade and Development : 50 Years of Globalization
Michalopoulos, Constantine - 2017
Development is a major contribution to the debate on the great and delicate issues facing the world economy in the years to come … USAID and Deputy Secretary of the World Bank, USA This enlightening book offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the … 50 years of professional experience in the World Bank, the WTO and bilateral aid agencies, Michalopoulos brings an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397736
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Political Limits to Globalization
Acemoglu, Daron - 2010
Despite the major advances in information technology that have shaped the recent wave of globalization, openness to trade is still a political choice, and trade policy can change with shifts in domestic political equilibria. This paper suggests that a particular threat and a limiting factor to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148385
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The Role of History in Bilateral Trade Flows
Eichengreen, Barry; Irwin, Douglas A. - 2021
This paper investigates the theory and evidence that history plays a role in shaping the direction of international trade. Because there are reasons to anticipate a positive correlation between the predominant direction of trade flows in the past and membership in preferential arrangements in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212584
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Fooling Ourselves : Evaluating the Globalization and Growth Debate
Hallak, Juan Carlos; Levinsohn, James A. - 2021
This paper evaluates how much of the economics profession has evaluated the evidence on the relationship between international trade and economic growth. The paper highlights the basic approaches to the trade and growth question that the literature has adopted. The case is made that more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221540
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China in the WTO : The Birth of a New Catching-Up Strategy
Magariños, Carlos A. (ed.); Yongtu, Long (ed.);  … - 2002
By joining the World Trade Organization China legitimizes its own brand of 'catch-up' industrialization. What has been … learnt from the respective negotiations? What does China's entry mean for emerging Asia and the developing world at large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054357