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Antidumping regional regimes and the multilateral trading system: Do regional antidumping regimes make a difference?
Rey, Jean-Daniel - 2012
application of intra-regional, and sometimes extra-regional, antidumping actions. This study focuses on intra-regional antidumping … regimes and has been built around the analysis of antidumping provisions in 192 RTAs. This Working Paper first recalls the … RTAs, the Paper identifies two Categories of regional antidumping regimes, and assesses their relationships with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326807
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Trade remedy provisions in regional trade agreements
Teh, Robert; Prusa, Thomas J.; Budetta, Michele - 2007
This paper maps and examines the provisions on anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in seventy … members. In the case of anti-dumping for example, some provisions increase de minimis volume and dumping margin requirements … and shorten the duration for applying anti-dumping duties relative to the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement. In similar fashion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326692
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A commitment theory of subsidy agreements
Brou, Daniel; Ruta, Michele - 2012
This paper examines the rationale for the rules on domestic subsidies in international trade agreements through a framework that emphasizes commitment. We build a model where the policy-maker has a tariff and a production subsidy at its disposal, taxation can be distortionary and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326796
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Trade Remedy Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements
Teh, Robert; Prusa, Thomas J.; Budetta, Michele - 2007
This paper maps the provisions on anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in seventy-four regional trade … the application of trade remedies on members. Some anti-dumping provisions increase de minimis volume and dumping margin … requirements and shorten the duration for applying anti-dumping duties relative to the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement. Safeguard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223676
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TBT provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: To what extent do they go beyond the WTO TBT Agreement?
Molina, Ana Cristina; Khoroshavina, Vira - 2015
This paper investigates whether TBT provisions included in RTAs differ from those under the WTO TBT Agreement, and, if they do, whether they entail broader commitments. Our analysis covers 238 RTAs, of which 171 include at least one provision, and focuses on the provisions on technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412105
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Indisputably essential: The economics of dispute settlement institutions in trade agreements
Keck, Alexander; Schropp, Simon - 2007
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 the initial balance of concessions and prevents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326684
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Foreign banking: Do countries' WTO commitments match actual practices?
Barth, James R.; Marchetti, Juan A.; Nolle, Daniel E.; … - 2006
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (known as the GATS) is an important new element in the international framework that affects the regulation of every WTO Member's financial sector. However, except for a limited number of country-specific case studies, no attempt has been made to compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326685
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Boosting trade finance in developing countries: What link with the WTO?
Auboin, Marc - 2007
The paper discusses the efforts deployed by various players, mainly multilateral financial institutions, regional development banks, export credit agencies, to mobilize greater flows of trade finance for developing countries, with a view to help them integrate in world trade. As an institution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326686
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Telecommunications services in Africa: The impact of multilateral commitments and unilateral reform on sector performance and economic growth
Keck, Alexander; Djiofack-Zebaze, Calvin - 2006
This paper examines the impact of telecommunications liberalization in Africa on both sectoral performance and economic growth. Besides unilateral measures, we account for WTO commitments fostering the credibility of reforms. Actual regulatory quality plays a major role in bringing down prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326687
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Determining "likeness" under the GATS: Squaring the circle?
Cossy, Mireille - 2006
The concept of like services and service suppliers used in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is still very much uncharted territory. The few dispute cases involving national treatment and most-favoured-nation treatment claims under the GATS are vague concerning the criteria which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326688