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Reducing Distortions in International Commodity Markets : an Agenda for Multilateral Cooperation
Hoekman, Bernard - 2012
World commodity markets-and particularly the markets for agricultural commodities-remain highly distorted despite the … wave of liberalization that has swept world trade since the 1980s. Some markets for commodities are characterized by … policy action. Commodity markets are distorted on both the export and the import sides, with serious implications for world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247797
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The evolution of deep trade agreements
Mattoo, Aaditya; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241390
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Global Poverty and Distributional Impacts of Agricultural Distortions
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2009
This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agricultural and other trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberalization of agriculture will increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246927
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Welfare and Poverty Effects of Global Agricultural and Trade Policies Using the Linkage Model
Anderson, Kym - 2009
This paper analyzes the economic effects of agricultural price and merchandise trade policies around the world as of … in the use of unskilled labor)? Results are presented for the key countries and regions of the world and for the world as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246928
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Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1899 : Agricultural Trade Policies, Alcohol Taxes, and War
Nye, John V. C. - 2009
history is analyzed in terms of its effects on British fiscal and commercial policy from the early 1700s to the end of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246942
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Trading for Results : Realizing the Promise of Doha
Wolfowitz, Paul - 2005
Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, complimented the impressive work of agencies like the Japan International … Cooperation Agency and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Japan is a big player everywhere in the world. The World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644390
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Is the WTO Pass�?
Bagwell, Kyle - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246104
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The GATT's Starting Point : Tariff Levels Circa 1947
Bown, Chad P. - 2016
How high were import tariffs when GATT participants began negotiations to reduce them in 1947? Establishing this starting point is key to determining how successful the GATT has been in bringing down trade barriers. If the average tariff level was about 40 percent, as commonly reported, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246242
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Taking another look at policy research on China's accession to the World Trade Organization
Ianchovichina, Elena; Martin, Will - 2019
Recent work on China's accession to the World Trade Organizations pays little attention to the wave of reforms in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059055
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Methodology for Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives
Anderson, Kym - 2008
in all major developing, transition and high-income countries, and hence for the world as a whole; and 2) to attribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246909