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Trade, testing and toasters : conformity assessment procedures and the TBT Committee

McDaniels, Devin; Karttunen, Marianna - 2016 - Manuscript date: June 2016

Duplication, delays or discrimination in CAPs can significantly increase trade costs, and this risk is reflected in the growing importance of CAPs in WTO discussions and bilateral and regional free trade agreements. This paper conducts an empirical study of the trade issues that WTO Members...

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How does the regular work of WTO influence regional trade agreements? : the case of international standards and the TBT Committee

McDaniels, Devin; Molina, Ana Cristina; Wijkström, Erik - 2018 - Manuscript date: 23 March 2018

This paper illustrates how the work of the WTO's standing committees is fuelling regulatory cooperation between WTO members, and inspiring RTA negotiators. We explore, as a case study, how the WTO TBT Committee has shaped provisions on international standards in RTAs, and focus on the extent to...

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Liberalization of air transport services and passenger traffic

Piermartini, Roberta; Rousová, Linda - 2008

We find robust evidence of a positive and significant relationship between the volumes of traffic and the degree of liberalization of the aviation market. An increase in the degree of liberalization from the 25th percentile to the 75th percentile increases traffic volumes between countries...

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Telecommunications services in Africa : the impact of multilateral commitments and unilateral reform on sector performance and economic growth

Keck, Alexander - 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...

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Services Domestic Regulation - locking in good regulatory practices : analyzing the prevalence of Services Domestic Regulation disciplines and their potential linkages with economi...

Baiker, Laura; Bertola, Elena; Jelitto, Markus - 2021 - Manuscript date: 15 September 2021

double those in goods, and more than 40% of trade costs are accounted for by regulation-related factors. Regulatory measures … disciplines in the context of the Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation. Since the launch of negotiations in the Joint … regulation that the Joint Initiative has developed ("SDR disciplines"), as well as to understand what potential benefits the …

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Better together: how digital connectivity and regulation reduce trade costs

Bellucci, Chiara; Rubínová, Stela; Piermartini, Roberta - 2023 - Manuscript date: 14 November 2023

communication. However, these positive effects depend on effective regulation that ensures trust in digital markets and open access … is associated with around 2 per cent lower trade costs both in goods and services. Digital trade regulation that ensures … regulation is 80 per cent larger than at the median regulation. …

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Regulatory disciplines on the mobility of service professionals : lessons from Regional Trade Agreements

Carzaniga, Antonia Giulia; Sharma, Swati - 2022 - Manuscript date: 15 July 2022

When it comes to services traded through the international movement of individuals (mode 4), Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have increasingly adopted trade-facilitating disciplines that both build upon and innovate the GATS framework. By analysing relevant provisions of RTAs, we are able to...

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