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With free trade areas (FTAs) under negotiation between Japan and the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) members and between the Republic of Korea and AFTA members, preferential market access will become more important in Asian regionalism. Protectionist pressures will likely increase through rules of...
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emergence of new growth poles around the world could create the conditions for a big push toward greater regional and global … trade integration of the Arab world. Further integrating Arab countries among themselves and opening up the region to the … rest of the world are two complementary avenues to improve market access, promote behind-the-border regulatory reforms …
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technologies from the rest of the world region in manufactured products. Additional gains can be expected in the long run from an …
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Least developed countries rely on preferential market access. Proof of sufficient transformation has to be provided to customs in importing countries by meeting Rules of Origin requirements to benefit from these preferences. These Rules of Origin have turned out to be complicated and burdensome...
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The author investigates the effects of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on the net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of member countries using a comprehensive database of PTAs in a panel setting. He finds that PTA membership is associated with a positive change in net FDI inflows, and...
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East and North Africa: Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. The first part highlights various channels through which public … infrastructure has both flow and stock effects on private investment in Egypt, but only a stock effect in Jordan and Tunisia. But …
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Given the growing importance of commitments to foreign investors in services in regional trade agreements, it is important to develop applied general equilibrium models to assess the impacts of liberalization of barriers to multinational service providers. This paper develops a 55 sector applied...
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Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. The authors examine the actual scope for preference...
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The purpose of this paper is to benchmark Tunisia against other emerging economies in terms of the regulatory barriers …
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vice-versa. Defining two extreme factor market scenarios over Morocco and Tunisia, the author finds that the welfare gains …
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