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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 … - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115144
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Agricultural trade and development: A value chain perspective
Maertens, Miet; Swinnen, Johan - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2015
The system of global agricultural and food trade is undergoing rapid processes of change, with important implications for economic development. In this paper we document and discuss these changes; including the rapid growth and structural change in agri-food trade, the increased consolidation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273928
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Trade in tasks, tariff policy and effective protection rates
Diakantoni, Antonia; Escaith, Hubert - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
Building on the results of the OECD-WTO Trade in Value-Added TiVA database, the paper analyses the evolution of effective protection in about 50 developed and developing countries from 1995 to 2008. The paper reviews also the role of preferential agreements on effective protection as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124457
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The impact of Mode 4 liberalization on bilateral trade flows
Jansen, Marion; Piermartini, Roberta - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2005
the United States and using a gravity model of trade, we find significantly positive effects of temporary movements of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114989
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Endowments, power, and democracy: Political economy of multilateral commitments on trade in services
Roy, Martin - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2010
In spite of their growing importance in international trade as well as in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations, services have only attracted limited attention from researchers interested in determinants of trade policies and trade cooperation. This paper seeks to account for countries'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114990
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Services trade liberalization at the regional level: Does Southern and Eastern Africa stand to gain from EPA negotiations?
Jansen, Marion - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2006
This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges for Southern and Eastern African ACP countries of services negotiations in the context of European Partnership Agreements. The paper provides an overview of existing flows in services from and to Southern and Eastern Africa, an overview that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114991
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Globalization and trade flows: What you see is not what you get!
Maurer, Andreas; Degain, Christophe - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2010
The trade collapse that followed the recent financial crisis has led to a renewed interest on the measurement issues affecting international merchandise trade statistics in the new globalized economy. The international fragmentation of industrial production blurs the concept of country of origin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114994
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A new look at the extensive trade margin effects of trade facilitation
Beverelli, Cosimo; Neumüller, Simon; Teh, Robert - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
We estimate the effects of trade facilitation on the extensive margins of trade. Using OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators - which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December 2013 - we show that trade facilitation in a given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114995
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Using supply chain analysis to examine the costs of non-tariff measures (NTMs) and the benefits of trade facilitation
Ferrantino, Michael J. - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2012
It has become increasingly common to produce goods in a number of geographically dispersed stages linked by international trade. This tendency, known by names such as production fragmentation, processing trade, and vertical specialization, has important implications for the analysis of nontariff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114998
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Public services and the GATS
Adlung, Rolf - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2005
former approach does not appear appropriate. The services provided by government-owned facilities, whose costs are covered … the GATS for different organisational settings - from government monopolies to regulated and/or subsidized private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114999