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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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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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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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Global Trade Watch 2018 : Trade Amid Tensions
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2019
. Trade policy developments are mixed. Restrictive trade measures imposed during 2018 affected 3.8 percent of world …-for-tat tariffs between the United States and China alone affected 2.0 percent of world merchandise trade in 2018. Ongoing trade … a multilateral approach and World Trade Organization reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646423
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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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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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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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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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Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1899 : Agricultural Trade Policies, Alcohol Taxes, and War
Nye, John V. C. - 2009
Britain contrary to received wisdom was not a free trader for most of the 1800s and, despite repeal of the Corn Laws, continued to have higher tariffs than the French until the last quarter of the century. War with Louis fourteenth from 1689 led to the end of all trade between Britain and France...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246942
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Why Have Economic Reforms in Mexico Not Generated Growth?
Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2010
Following its opening to trade and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico's economic growth has been modest at best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude that the relation between openness and growth is not a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135399