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Directive and forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation; international negotiation of trade disciplines, most recently in … regulators, most significantly in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Agreement. The paper argues that unilateral restrictions on data … flows are costly and can hurt exports, especially of data-processing and other data-based services; international trade …
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Postponement of 2012 VAT Law requires significant early adjustments in the FY18 Budget to tap additional sources of revenue and expenditure saving to increase fiscal space. Automation, process simplification, and dispute resolution may bring additional tax revenues in the immediate future. These...
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of trade, project benefits may be summarized by a money metric for the change in market access experienced by all cities … international trade corridors can be a public good. These estimates should be taken as lower bounds, because they do not include …
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information and communications technology, manufacturing, and retail trade. The analysis finds that the mobility restrictions …
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Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties have important nutritional differences and there is strong interest to identify nutritionally superior varieties for dissemination. In agricultural household surveys, this information is often collected based on the farmer's self-report. However, recent...
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agricultural production and trade. It then summarizes the nominal rates of assistance and consumer tax equivalents for twelve key … the viewpoint of global trade or welfare restrictiveness. This analysis draws on the theory outlined in the previous …
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international trade as well as trade and immigration policy. An aging society can see a welfare-reducing reduction in its share of … manufacturing output and this reduction is magnified by a decrease in trade costs (an increase in globalization). Immigration can …
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Small-scale cross-border trade provides opportunities for economic gains in many developing countries. Yet cross …-seeking from border officials. These results highlight the need to improve governance and establish clear cross-border trade …
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Digital technologies encourage companies to innovate with new processes, goods, and services, which ultimately enhance their competitiveness in local and global markets. This paper analyzes whether a wide set of data restrictions are negatively associated with digital innovation of firms. The...
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The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation measures included in the strategy. This assessment should be...
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