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Services Trade and Policy
Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard - 2009
the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294845
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Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives? Implications for African countries
Hoekman, Bernard; Shepherd, Ben - In: Journal of African Trade 2 (2015) 1/2, pp. 51-70
Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from measures to facilitate trade - reduce trade costs - for African countries in particular. However, concerns have been expressed by policymakers regarding the distribution of the benefits and costs of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985842
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Developing countries and the political economy of the trading system
Hoekman, Bernard - 2002
This paper analyses a number of the challenges confronting developing countries seeking to use the WTO Doha … ‘ownership’ of WTO agreements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279328
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Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives?
Hoekman, Bernard; Shepherd, Ben - 2013
Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation - measures to reduce the overall costs of the international movement of goods. From an equity perspective an important question is how those benefits are distributed across and within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427130
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Winners and Losers in the Panel Stage of the WTO Dispute Settlement System
Hoekman, Bernard; Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2008
complainants, and/or over-represented as respondents in the WTO dispute settlement system. Most of this literature has focused on … claims made in each WTO dispute between 1995 and 2006, as well as a rough classification as to whether each specific claim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320340
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Revitalising Multilateral Trade Governance
Hoekman, Bernard - In: Intereconomics 53 (2018) 5, pp. 249-253
The WTO provides extensive flexibility for members to engage with each other. Using this, WTO members should identify a … policies that are not or only partially covered by current WTO rules. Expanding the WTO rulebook, accepting greater reciprocity … and improving the organisation's operation are necessary for revitalising the WTO. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151449
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Taking Stock of Trade Protectionism Since 2008
Datt, Mohini; Hoekman, Bernard; Malouche, Mariem - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 72, pp. 1-9
Following the onset of the financial crisis in September 2008 and the subsequent “Great Trade Collapse” (Baldwin 2009), many countries actively used trade policy instruments as part of their response to the global recession. Governments pursued a mix of trade liberalization, trade promotion,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393234
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Services Trade and Policy
Francois, Joseph; Hoekman, Bernard - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2009
the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005800600
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Winners and Losers in the Panel Stage of the WTO Dispute Settlement System
Hoekman, Bernard; Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
complainants, and/or over-represented as respondents in the WTO dispute settlement system. Most of this literature has focused on … claims made in each WTO dispute between 1995 and 2006, as well as a rough classification as to whether each specific claim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645308