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commitments under trade agreements (multilateral and regional agreements) and applied tariffs- what is also known as tariffs … equivalent to a level of tariffs between 1.7 and 8.7 percentage points. …
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model that incorporates bilateral tariffs and a number of indicators for the quality of infrastructure. The paper looks at … estimators, multilateral resistances for tariffs and remoteness are introduced in the gravity equation. Moreover, the robustness … included. The results can be summarised in four main findings: (i) bilateral tariffs, generally neglected in gravity regression …
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Market access negotiations in merchandise trade at the multilateral level cover tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs …). While tariffs have been substantially reduced in earlier rounds, they remain high in certain areas and further reductions …
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The WTO Agreement on Agriculture applies to those "agricultural products" as defined in its Annex 1. This definition expressly excludes "fish and fish products" from the scope of application of the Agreement. In light of this exclusion, the paper is intended to provide a historical account of...
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The WTO's plurilateral Information Technology Agreement (ITA) reduced tariffs to zero on many IT products. This paper … time in trade literatures. Inserting tariffs directly into the gravity equation breaks the ITAs impact down into four …
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Tariff water - the difference between bound and applied duties - provides relevant information on domestic trade policy and WTO trade negotiations. This paper examines the general and sectoral tariff structure of 120 economies, using exploratory data analysis.
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I develop a novel theory of GATT/WTO negotiations. This theory provides new answers to two prominent questions in the trade policy literature: first, what is the purpose of trade negotiations? And second, what is the role played by the fundamental GATT/WTO principles of reciprocity and...
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This paper discusses how information and communication technology (ICT) affects the quality and reach of consumer services. These services need to be provided locally, but consist of several components, some of which can be digitised and transmitted over long distances. A general equilibrium...
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decoupling) or tariffs (tariff decoupling). Results yield three main insights. First, the projected welfare losses for the global …
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conflict, based both on empirics (ex post analysis) and on simulations (ex ante analysis). Bilateral tariffs have increased on … leads to minor reductions in the tariffs to 16%. The trade conflict has led to a sizeable reduction in trade between the US …
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