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our theoretical results to China's 2001 WTO accession, we find that China's tariff reductions exceeded reciprocity norms …, increasing real incomes but amplifying the manufacturing employment dislocation - the China Shock - in the United States and …
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We consider the purpose and design of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, GATT. We review recent developments in the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. And we describe the GATT/WTO architecture and briefly trace its historical antecedents. We suggest that the...
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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...
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A fundamental objective of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations is to improve the trading prospects of developing countries. The 2001 declaration from the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, commits the member governments to negotiations aimed at substantial improvements in market access...
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I explore whether the world trading system of the twentieth century can be adapted to address the challenges of the twenty-first. I first develop an understanding of how GATT functioned during the twentieth century, and which features of the economic environment were most important in...
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This paper discusses the likely evolution of the trade and environment issue in the World Trade Organization after the upcoming ministerial meeting in Singapore this December. It makes a number of points. Progress within the GATT/WTO on this issue looks likely to be slow and painfully...
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(/areas). China is now negotiating possible membership. Little has been written on the GPA which is a plurilateral agreement …
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This chapter assesses China's integration into the global trading system by examining areas of international political … with its rapidly increasing trade and the trade policy commitments that China and its trading partners have undertaken as … part of its 2001 WTO accession. With respect to China's exports, we examine data on WTO members' use of antidumping and …
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This paper reviews China's multilateral and preferential trade policies. It reviews the demanding terms of China's WTO …'s regular activities. The analysis concludes that China's trade policies are broadly supportive of a rules based multilateral … discussion then turns to China's regional trade initiatives. China has been extremely active in negotiating these and their …
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We discuss China's stance in the WTO post-accession, noting the many issues with implementation of China's accession … terms by 2007. We evaluate how much benefit China can realistically receive from WTO membership given current problems with … dumping actions against China and trade restrictions against textile and apparel exports. We discuss emerging WTO and non …
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