Trade preferences are a central issue in ongoing efforts to negotiate further multilateral trade liberalization. Less preferred countries are increasingly concerned about the discrimination they confront, while more preferred developing countries worry that WTO-based liberalization of trade will...

This study confirms that substantial barriers to market access will remain in both rich and poor countries following full implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement. The analysis finds that around 40 percent of the costs of these barriers to developing countries arise from barriers to market...

Trade preferences are a central issue in ongoing efforts to negotiate further multilateral trade liberalization. "Less preferred" countries are increasingly concerned about the discrimination they confront, while "more preferred" developing countries worry that WTO-based liberalization of trade...