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Services trade liberalization at the regional level : does Southern and Eastern Africa stand to gain from economic patnership agreement negotiation?
Jansen, Marion - 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/10003328335
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Bilateralism in services trade : is there fire behind the (BIT-)smoke?
Adlung, Rudolf; Molinuevo, Martin - 2008
Far less attention is given to the even more rapid proliferation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and their overlap with obligations assumed by WTO Members under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). About 60 per cent of world foreign investment stocks are in services and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805861
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The harmonized system : amendments and their impact on WTO members' schedules
Yu, Dayong - 2008
The Harmonized System is normally amended by the World Customs Organization every four to six years. These amendments pose considerable challenges for the WTO and its Members. On the one hand, Members need to periodically update their historical schedules of concessions into the latest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805890
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LDC Poverty Alleviation and the Doha Development Agenda : is tourism being neglected?
Honeck, Dale - 2008
When tourism's impressive potential for poverty alleviation is considered, the lack of attention is even more striking. Reasons for the apparent neglect are complex, and include a lack of awareness of tourism as an export sector, the fragmented nature of the industry and low political influence,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805893
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The economics of permissible WTO retaliation
Bown, Chad P.; Ruta, Michele - 2008
We examine how theoretical and quantitative economic analysis has and can be used in this stage of the DSU process … each of the ten DSU arbitrations that have taken place thus far into one of these categories and compare the arbitrators … likely to take place under the DSU. Finally, in the disputes in which this reciprocity approach has not been used, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805895
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Measuring GATS mode 4 trade flows
Magdeleine, Joscelyn; Maurer, Andreas - 2008
Realistic estimates of mode 4 trade are virtually non-existent. Based on the GATS legal definition, the paper introduces the statistical conceptualization of mode 4. While showing that balance of payments labour related flows indicators, such as worker's remittances and compensation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805899
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Risk assessment in the international food safety policy arena : can the multilateral institutions encourage unbiased outcomes?
Jackson, Lee Ann; Jansen, Marion - 2009
In this paper we provide a description of how food safety related scientific evidence is generated and how it is used in the context of risk assessment for international standard-setting at CODEX and in WTO trade disputes. In particular, we discuss the processes leading to policy conclusions on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806046
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R&D in the network of international trade : multilateral versus regional trade agreements
Teteryatnikova, Mariya - 2008
This paper argues that different types of trade liberalization { multilateral versus regional { may lead to different R&D and productivity levels of firms. Trade agreements between countries are modelled with a network: nodes represent countries and a link between the nodes indicates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806057
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Determining "likeness" under the GATS : squaring the circle?
Cossy, Mireille (contributor) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376340
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Services liberalization in the new generation of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) : how much further than the GATS?
Roy, Martin (contributor); Marchetti, Juan (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper attempts to fill a gap in the trade literature by providing a comprehensive overview of services liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments and Doha Round offers. By developing a new database, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376344