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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 … discussions. This article takes a sceptical view, since any such PA would need to be agreed by consensus among all 160-odd WTO … treaty frameworks, as "WTO-extra" understandings. …
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Least-developed countries' trade during the "super-cycle" and the great trade collapse : patterns and stylized facts
Escaith, Hubert; Tamenu, Bekele - 2013 - Manuscript date: November 27, 2013
Notwithstanding some progress in market and product diversification - including services - LDCs remain particularly vulnerable to external shocks. With the exception of 2006-2008, the LDCs as a group have systematically recorded a trade deficit. The 2008-2009 global crisis and the bumpy recovery...
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Why do trade finance gaps persist : does it matter for trade and development?
Auboin, Marc; DiCaprio, Alisa - 2016 - Manuscript date: January 2017
Trade finance shortfalls now appear regularly. Does this matter for trade expansion and economic development in developing countries? Global trade finance has resumed following the 2009 global financial crisis. However, the pattern of recovery has been uneven across countries and categories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584075
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How to design trade agreements in services : top down or bottom up?
Adlung, Rudolf; Mamdouh, Hamid - 2013 - Manuscript date: 18 June 2013
Trade in Services (GATS) have prevented WTO Members from advancing services liberalization under the Agreement. The GATS is …-Round process, WTO accession cases and different types of regional trade agreements, suggests that such structural issues have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755394
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How to design trade agreements in services : top down or bottom up?
Adlung, Rudolf; Mamdouh, Hamid - 2013 - Manuscript date: 18 June 2013
Trade in Services (GATS) have prevented WTO Members from advancing services liberalization under the Agreement. The GATS is …-Round process, WTO accession cases and different types of regional trade agreements, suggests that such structural issues have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882795
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The case for creating a Working Party on the Functioning of the WTO
Pedersen, Peter N. - 2011 - Manuscript date: 25 October 2011
Since the conclusion of the Uruguay Round in 1994 and the creation of the WTO in 1995, the functioning of the … few important initiatives on transparency and decision-making, most contributions on the functioning of the WTO have been … made by external observers of the WTO. However, over the past two years, an increasing number of Members have showed …
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Thoughts on how trade, and WTO rules, can contribute to the post-2015 development agenda
Roberts, Michael - 2014 - Manuscript date: 13 June 2014
Organization (WTO). With the aim of stimulating discussion, this paper asks the question of how trade, and WTO rules, can … contribute to the post-2015 development agenda? In reply, the author offers some thoughts on 10 contributions that trade, and WTO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362167
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TBT and Trade Facilitation Agreements : leveraging linkages to reduce trade costs
Ayral, Serra - 2016 - Manuscript date: 01 June 2016
Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), adopted by WTO Members in 2014, seeks to expedite the movement, release and clearance of … World Trade Report. At the same time, many WTO Agreements already contain provisions aimed at facilitating trade procedures … WTO Agreements such as the SPS Agreement) will be crucial for effective implementation. It will also contribute to more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482193
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Intellectual property provisions in regional trade agreements : revision and update
Valdes, Raymundo M.; McCann, Maegan - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 June 2014
. The paper assembles detailed information about the IP provisions contained in active RTAs notified to the WTO. The goal … was to expand beyond the more commonly studied RTAs, to review the full array of agreements notified to the WTO and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010407509
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A new look at the extensive trade margin effects of trade facilitation
Beverelli, Cosimo; Neumüller, Simon; Teh, Robert - 2014 - Manuscript date: 13 October 2014
Indicators - which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417170