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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115144
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects: Potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115722
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Romania's Foreign Trade with Third Countries after EU Accession
Nicoleta, Rusu - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 2, pp. 1146-1150
The adoption by Romania of the commercial policy of UE on multilateral, inter- regional, regional and bilateral plan concerning the relation with third extra- communitarian countries inevitably brings important changes in the extern commercial policy of our country. The aim of the article is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632168
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Antidumping: Prospects for Discipline from the Doha Negotiations
Finger, J. Michael; Zlate, Andrei - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2005
openness and liberalization---of avoiding rather than of imposing such restrictions in the future. In the 1990s, antidumping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027865
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Trade liberalisation in Mexico: rhetoric and reality
Pacheco-Lopez, Pennelope; Thirlwall, Anthony P. - In: BNL Quarterly Review 57 (2004) 229, pp. 141-167
Trade liberalisation in Mexico started in a significant way in 1985/86, and was consolidated by the NAFTA agreement 1994. Mexico was expected to benefit in terms of increased export growth, employment, real wages, and above all, a faster rate of economic growth. In practice, there has been a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854329
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Trade liberalisation in Mexico: rhetoric and reality
Pacheco-Lopez, Pennelope; Thirlwall, Anthony P. - In: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review 57 (2004) 229, pp. 141-167
Trade liberalisation in Mexico started in a significant way in 1985/86, and was consolidated by the NAFTA agreement 1994. Mexico was expected to benefit in terms of increased export growth, employment, real wages, and above all, a faster rate of economic growth. In practice, there has been a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752534
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Evolution of Asia's outward-looking economic policies: Some lessons from trade policy reviews
Daly, Michael - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2011
liberalization of both trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) has been an integral part, is of paramount importance. By fostering … impacts (intended or unintended) on the economy, the TPRM can be a catalyst for unilateral reform, including liberalization of … trade and FDI. Although the latter has received added impetus from multilateral liberalization under the auspices of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115112
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Furniture Industry Assessment: Trade Policy and Market Opportunities
Lord, Montague J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
The report analyzes the international competitiveness of furniture industry based on calculations of effective rates of protection and trade indicators. Furniture manufacturing remains one of the most highly protected industries in Egypt. Although the nominal rate of protection (NRP) for that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258400
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Protectionism, free trade and preferential trade: the Mexican experience 1970-2005
Napoles, Pablo Ruiz - In: BNL Quarterly Review 60 (2007) 240, pp. 49-81
This paper is an analysis of trade policies in Mexico. A structural analysis of theMexican economy's performance in three successive but different periods, regardingtrade policies for the last thirty-five years is presented. Results are confronted with expectations from various trade policies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854306
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Protectionism, free trade and preferential trade: the Mexican experience 1970-2005
Napoles, Pablo Ruiz - In: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review 60 (2007) 240, pp. 49-81
This paper is an analysis of trade policies in Mexico. A structural analysis of theMexican economy's performance in three successive but different periods, regardingtrade policies for the last thirty-five years is presented. Results are confronted with expectations from various trade policies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752013