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Non-Tariff Measures and the World Trading System
Ederington, Josh - 2017
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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Agricultural Trade : What Matters in the Doha Round?
Laborde, David - 2017
This survey concludes that including agriculture in the Doha Agenda negotiations was important both economically and politically, although the political resistance to reform is particularly strong in this sector. While agriculture accounts for less than 10 percent of merchandise trade, high and...
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Reducing Distortions in International Commodity Markets : An Agenda for Multilateral Cooperation
Hoekman, Bernard - 2017
as a result affect world prices for the specific products concerned. Market failures and market structures (market power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975528
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China and the World Trading System
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2017
The World Trade Organization has been until recently an effective framework for cooperation because it has continually … mechanism that has driven the World Trade Organization process to previous successes. The second is new restraints on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975577
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Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way
Cadot, Olivier - 2017
The focus of trade policy has shifted in recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and trade restrictions toward targeted interventions to facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these latter interventions are based on the new mantra of "aid-for-trade" rather than on hard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975644
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Changing Contributions of Different Agricultural Policy Instruments to Global Reductions in Trade and Welfare
Croser, Johanna L. - 2017
Trade negotiators and policy advisors are keen to know the relative contribution of different farm policy instruments to international trade and economic welfare. Nominal rates of assistance or producer support estimates are incomplete indicators, especially when (especially in developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976489
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Institutional Arrangements for the Promotion of Regional Integration of Electricity Markets : International Experience
Oseni, Musiliu - 2017
This paper focuses on the institutional arrangements needed for facilitating regional electricity cooperation. The paper begins by discussing the theory of international trade cooperation in electricity, with a view to discussing what preconditions might be important in facilitating wide area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973054
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Trade and Regional Inequality
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2017
world differently. Using a combination of static and dynamic panel data analysis, we find that while increases in trade per …
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Regional Trade Agreements
Freund, Caroline L. - 2017
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on regionalism. The formation of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade liberalization in the past 15 years. The discriminatory character of these agreements has raised three main concerns:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976529
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Regionalism in Standards : Good or Bad for Trade?
Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang - 2016
countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Adopting a common standard in a region-that is, harmonization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749014