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commended Singapores efforts on its liberalization of the services sector and its economic benefits to consumers and global …
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This paper summarizes the conceptual rationale for investment liberalization to fully exploit the potential of regional …
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This paper seeks to examine how locking-in of Pakistans unilateral liberalization at the WTO/GATS and further … liberalization of services trade would affect Pakistans competitiveness. Focusing on the opportunities and risks of such … liberalization the paper discusses possible options regarding the corollary regulatory reforms and other flanking measures that may …
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An interesting contemporary research question in trade theory deals with the possibility of rising wage inequality across the globe. A few possible explanations have been provided so far. We provide a natural explanation and a rigorous proof of the phenomenon by arguing that liberalizing trade...
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Korea (hereafter, Korea). The paper specifically examines motion pictures and broadcasting, and discusses what drives or …
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paper aims to investigate empirically the role of interest groups in Korea's trade policy, utilizing the Grossman and … participation by diverse interest groups actually promotes trade liberalization, as different groups offset each other's demands in … groups is necessary if better strategies for trade liberalization are to be developed. …
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According to simulation results, the formation of an FTA would substantially improve Koreas and Japans trade balances, while China would experience a sizeable increase in its trade deficit. This indicates that simple barriers (NTBs) within a short period of time is not a feasible approach for...
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APEC economies, Koreas FTA may not only accelerate the trade and investment liberalization of APEC, but also help Korea … the officially stated intention of exploring a bilateral FTA with Chile. Korea and Chile have concluded preliminary talks … and working-level negotiations are expected to begin in 1999. Looking beyond the FTA with Chile, Korea has stated that it …
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gain from agricultural trade liberalization. This paper assesses the evidence for such claims. It concludes that the … promise of agricultural trade liberalization is overstated, while the costs to small-scale farmers in developing countries are … beneficiaries of agricultural trade liberalization, gaining markets in both the global North and South. Only a limited number of …
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Cross-border production networks have been playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries’ trade in recent years, but micro-level studies are rare. This paper uses firm-level data from the two most active ASEAN countries in...
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