Liberalization of trade and investment in services through trade agreements has progressed less than trade in goods. We … review the limited progress achieved to date in the WTO and major regional agreements on services and possible explanations … why trade agreements have not been more effective at integrating the services markets of participating countries. We argue …

Plurilateral agreements in the WTO context allow sub-sets of countries to agree to commitments in specific policy areas … that only apply to signatories, and thus allow for 'variable geometry' in the WTO. Plurilateral agreements share a number … of features with preferential trade agreements (PTAs) that are increasingly used by governments to liberalize trade in …

by Fedon (an Italian producer of eye glass cases) from the EU for the imposition of WTO-authorized retaliatory trade … barriers by the United States following the failure by the EU to comply with an adverse ruling by the WTO regarding its import … WTO-illegal protection, at the expense of a set of EU exporters, including Fedon, that were hit by US countermeasures. By …

countries, trade preferences haveproven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization … WTO-based concern. …

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 facilitation. We use firm-level data for a large number of developing countries, in …

Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation - measures … how those benefits are distributed across and within nations. After discussing the possible impacts of trade facilitation … benefit from trade facilitation. We find that firms of all sizes export more in response to improved trade facilitation. Our …

In 2011 the World Bank Group (WBG) issued a new trade strategy. This identifies the primary axes for WBG engagement and … countries to integrate further into the world economy and to benefit from global trade opportunities. This paper briefly … view that the strategy neglects to prioritize trade liberalization and as a result is less effective. …

In 2011 the World Bank Group (WBG) issued a new trade strategy. This identifies the primary axes for WBG engagement and … countries to integrate further into the world economy and to benefit from global trade opportunities. This paper briefly … view that the strategy neglects to prioritize trade liberalization and as a result is less effective. …