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WTO decision-making for the future
Low, Patrick - 2011
potential pitfalls that change would have to avoid, such as a dilution of commitments and fragmentation of the multilateral …
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Exporting under trade policy uncertainty: Theory and evidence
Handley, Kyle - 2011
eliminate uncertainty such as binding trade policy commitments at the WTO can increase entry even when applied protection is … use the variation in tariffs and binding commitments across countries, products and time, to construct model …-consistent measures of uncertainty. The estimates indicate that lower WTO commitments increase entry. Reducing trade policy uncertainty is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326782
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The case for creating a Working Party on the Functioning of the WTO
Pedersen, Peter N. - 2011
Since the conclusion of the Uruguay Round in 1994 and the creation of the WTO in 1995, the functioning of the multilateral trading system has been the focus of a considerable number of articles, proposals and debates. With the exception of a few important initiatives on transparency and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326787
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Competition policy and poverty reduction: A holistic approach
Anderson, Robert D.; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2013
This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors put forward five related principles, building upon the important work on related issues that has been done by the OECD, the International Competition Network (ICN), UNCTAD and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326814
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WTO rules and practices for transparency and engagement with civil society organizations
Perez-Esteve, Maria - 2012
In a rapidly changing trade environment, marked by economic slowdown and impasse in the Doha Round, the success of the WTO in promoting and legitimizing the rules-based multilateral trading system rests, to a large extent, on maintaining effective relations with civil society, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326817
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The revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA): Key design features and significance for global trade and development
Anderson, Robert D.; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2017
, encompassing both its text and coverage (market access commitments). The revised GPA, the negotiating processes that led to its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602887
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Trade policy uncertainty as barrier to trade
Osnago, Alberto; Piermartini, Roberta; Rocha, Nadia - 2015
commitments under trade agreements (multilateral and regional agreements) and applied tariffs- what is also known as tariffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279529
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Endowments, power, and democracy: Political economy of multilateral commitments on trade in services
Roy, Martin - 2010
cooperation. This paper seeks to account for countries' varying levels of market access commitments under the multilateral General … associated with more commitments. The empirical analysis supports these propositions, and also suggests that relative size, as … well as regulatory capacity, are positively linked to GATS commitments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326731
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Restoring trade finance during a period of financial crisis: Stocktaking of recent initiatives
Auboin, Marc - 2009
The paper discusses the efforts deployed in 2008 and 2009 by various players, Governments, multilateral financial institutions, regional development banks, export credit agencies, to mobilize sufficient flows of trade finance to off-set some of the 'pull-back' by commercial institutions in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326738
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014
perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435382