their use of the DSM, especially when their use of the mechanism is compared to their participation in world trade. This …

Economic theory has made considerable progress in explaining why sovereign countries cooperate in trade. Central to … most theories of trade cooperation are issues of self-enforcement: The threat of reprisal by an aggrieved party maintains … explaining why countries choose to settle and enforce their trade disputes with the help of an impartial third party, a “trade …

the regional level, of a current practice of not using antidumping as a trade policy tool is restricted to a limited …As of November 2010, more than 300 regional trade agreements (RTAs) were in force. Approximately two-thirds of them had … application of intra-regional, and sometimes extra-regional, antidumping actions. This study focuses on intra-regional antidumping …

lead to more discrimination, with reduced trade remedy actions against RTA partners, but a greater frequency of trade … remedy actions against non-members. The adoption of RTAspecific trade remedy rules increases this risk of discrimination … be vigilant about increased discrimination arising from trade remedy rules in RTAs. A number of RTAs have succeeded in …

This paper maps the provisions on anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in seventy-four regional trade … discrimination, with reduced trade remedy actions against RTA partners, but a greater frequency of actions against non-members. The … adoption of RTA-specific trade remedy rules increases this risk of discrimination, with trade remedies against RTA members …

-reducing trade skirmishes. The DSP is interpreted as an impartial arbitrator that announces its opinion about the state of the world … with the introduction of the DSP, in order to maintain the incentive-compatibility of trade agreements. The model implies … that trade agreements under the WTO lead to fewer trade skirmishes but this effect does not necessarily result in higher …

Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have become an indelible feature of the international trading landscape. Most, if not … (partial scope agreement, free trade agreement or customs union), and (v) configuration (bilateral or plurilateral). Second, we …

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …

developing countries and especially the least developed among them secure a share in the growth in international trade … diversify production, linking to the Global Value Chains and developing adequate infra-structures facilitating digital trade as … overcoming some of these issues through various programs, all geared towards trade capacity building. It is argued that the work …