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As a small and open economy, Belarus' development perspectives are intrinsically linked to its ability to produce and sell goods and services competitively in the global marketplace. While Belarus is an open economy, its trade links are concentrated both in terms of products and markets. Mineral...
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Croatia, a founding member of the former Republic of Yugoslavia and a current member of the European Union (EU), is a high-income country in Europe and Central Asia. Given that high quality financial reporting promotes good corporate governance, reduces uncertainty and risk, can help to lower...
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While precise impact of Brexit on the EU/UK trade and investment agreements with third countries will depend primarily on the terms of the withdrawal agreement to be concluded between them, most scenarios suggest an extensive process of amendment of the text and/or commitments in multilateral...
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model is applied to assess the effect that European Union membership had on the United Kingdom's trade. The paper uses new … cover. The analysis relies on information on goods, services, and value-added trade from the World Input Output Database … average. European Union membership had a particularly strong effect on United Kingdom's services and global value chain trade …
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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 …
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Barber B. Conable, President of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation addressed the topic of the … outlook for trade and, indeed, for the world economy. He discusses that export development in the developing countries is not …
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. Trade policy developments are mixed. Restrictive trade measures imposed during 2018 affected 3.8 percent of world …-for-tat tariffs between the United States and China alone affected 2.0 percent of world merchandise trade in 2018. Ongoing trade … a multilateral approach and World Trade Organization reforms …
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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,...
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With the success of the World Trade Organization and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in … literature on non-tariff measures in the world trading system. It provides a set of stylized facts based on available data on non … measures in the trade literature with a focus on the rules and institutions that govern non-tariff measures in the world …
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