Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union, as well as further regional or multilateral … trade policy commitments. The analysis finds that such an agreement with the European Union will likely result in … sources of the gains are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii …

direction. The authors examine the impact of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on total factor productivity in …: Mexico's trade with its NAFTA partners had a large and significant impact on Mexico's total factor productivity, while trade … Mexico through its impact on trade-related technology transfers from OECD countries. They estimate trade-related technology …

Did the North American Free Trade Agreement make Mexican firms more productive? If so, through which channels? This … through which integration with the global markets (via international trade) can affect firm-level productivity. The results … show that the North American Free Trade Agreement stimulated the productivity of Mexican plants via: (1) an increase in …

This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in … effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex …

This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in … effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex …

A revenue-neutral switch from trade taxes to domestic consumption taxes is fraught with implementation challenges in … mixed record of offsetting reductions in trade tax revenue. The paper then analyzes the specific case of Nepal, using a … unique data set compiled from unpublished customs records of imports, tariffs and all other taxes levied at the border. It …

are evaluated according to World Trade Organization compliance, administrative plausibility, help in meeting environmental …

welfare implications of agricultural trade protection. On average, unilateral elimination of agricultural tariffs would …How do trade reforms impact households in different parts of the income distribution? This paper presents a new … database, the Household Impacts of Tariffs data set, which contains harmonized household survey and tariff data for 54 low- and …

Using detailed data on trade and tariffs from 1992-2007, the authors examine how the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement has … affected trade with nonmembers and external tariffs facing nonmembers. First, the paper examines the effect of preferential and …