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In this paper, we examine the Indian apparel industry to examine the effect of clusters on the sales of this industry. The data has been collected through a primary survey in five garments clusters in India. The variable that is significant in explaining sales in most equations is technology...
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complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go … both in the WTO and through bilateral/regional agreements. In this context, this paper examines how new service sectors … like express delivery services (EDS) are addressed in WTO/FTAs and its implications for India. Express delivery services …
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Quantitative studies estimate that potential two way trade between India and Pakistan can be about 10 times than its rather unsatisfactory current level of $ 613 million. Moving towards realizing this trade potential is clearly in the interest of both countries and the region. In this context...
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This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach, the study finds that the export potential from India to...
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Liberalisation and technological developments have led to the fragmentation of production and the emergence of the concept of global value chains. This has ushered in the role of services for linking the production network, resulting in a greater composition of services in the value of tradable....
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This paper draws on recent field work within South Asia and an extensive review of secondary data to examine the dynamics of cross border trade and investment in South Asia, exploring the potential for, and obstacles to, such trade through the lens of a sector that is salient throughout South...
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The Bagwell and Staiger (1990) theory of cooperative trade agreements predicts new tariffs (i) increase with imports, (ii) increase with the inverse of the sum of the import demand and export supply elasticities, and (iii) decrease with the variance of imports. We find US import policy during...
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) enhance the export competitiveness of this sector (b) be WTO compliant and (c) ensure greater market access for Indian apparel …
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For many years now, lack of progress in multilateral trade negotiations has been a major cause of concern among WTO … account of the use of OPAs in the GATT 1947 era and of its revival under the WTO Agreement. It describes the various areas of … the WTO Agreement in which OPAs can be successfully employed to make progress in liberalisation as well as in rule …
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in international forums such as the WTO and G20 and trade rules on PSEs are being negotiated in several bilateral …
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