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Bacchetta, Marc; Piermartini, Roberta - 2011 - Manuscript date: 26 September 2011

in which traders operate.Binding tariffs at the WTO reduces the scope for their discretionary use. But, countries have … bound tariffs at ceiling levels often substantially above the level of applied tariffs. Therefore, whether the ceiling rate …. Using a recently built database on applied tariffs covering over 100 countries for the period 1996 to 2009, we find evidence …

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Competition policy, trade and the global economy : existing WTO elements, commitments in regional trade agreements, current challenges and issues for reflection

Anderson, Robert D.; Kovacic, William E.; Müller, Anna … - 2018 - Manuscript date: 21 October 2018

Competition policy, today, is an essential element of the legal and institutional framework for the global economy. Whereas decades ago, anti-competitive practices tended to be viewed mainly as a domestic phenomenon, most facets of competition law enforcement now have an important international...

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Georgia's post-accession structural reform challenges

Arveladze, G.; Smeets, Maarten - 2017 - Manuscript date: May 2017

The process leading to WTO accession is complex, requires solid domestic coordination mechanisms in the acceding country, a rethinking of its economic and trade policies and significant domestic structural reforms. It often implies the creation of new institutions designed to coordinate and...

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Developing countries in the WTO services negotiations

Marchetti, Juan A. - 2004 - Manuscript date: September 2004

The aim of this paper is to analyse developing countries' participation so far in the current round of services negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda. The paper analyses developing countries' negotiating positions, as evidenced by their multilateral negotiating proposals; their initial...

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The Tisa initiative : an overview of market access issues

Marchetti, Juan A.; Roy, Martin - 2013 - Manuscript date: November 27, 2013

The plurilateral negotiations on a Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) have attracted much attention in trade policy circles. Policy and economic implications are intensely debated given the number and economic importance of participants. This paper aims to provide insights into the market access...

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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 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...

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TBT and Trade Facilitation Agreements : leveraging linkages to reduce trade costs

Ayral, Serra - 2016 - Manuscript date: 01 June 2016

World Trade Report. At the same time, many WTO Agreements already contain provisions aimed at facilitating trade procedures … 2015 World Trade Report refers to "border agency cooperation" as the main TFA implementation challenge identified by … success factors. Considering that a significant share of import/export procedures and controls arise from the implementation …

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Elevating services : services trade policy, WTO commitments, and their role in economic development and trade integration

Roy, Martin - 2019 - Manuscript date: March 2019

Services have long been perceived as playing a secondary role in world trade. In particular, the role of services trade … for about 50% of world trade and are significant in exports of countries of all levels of development. In addition, cross …

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Plurilateral trade agreements : an escape route for the WTO?

Adlung, Rudolf; Mamdouh, Hamid - 2017 - Manuscript date: January 2017

There are essentially two types of plurilateral trade agreements (PAs) among WTO Members, an exclusive and an open variant. While the benefits of the former agreements are shared among participants only, the latter are implemented on an MFN-basis, thus profiting non-signatories as well. The most...

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SMEs in services trade : a GATS perspective

Adlung, Rudolf; Soprana, Marta - 2012 - Manuscript date: 27 April 2012

Issues related to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) supplying services have been raised at earlier stages of the Doha Round in various negotiating contexts and, more recently, at meetings of the Council for Trade in Services. It is difficult, however, to find a common denominator as to...

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