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Until recently, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been an effective framework for cooperation because it has …
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Until recently, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been an effective framework for cooperation because it has …
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A fundamental shift is taking place in the world economy to which the multilateral trading system has failed to adapt …-sector interests largely in the rich countries, is running out of steam; (2) the world economy is moving broadly from conditions of … just the World Trade Organization but other multilateral institutions as well; and (5) despite shifts in economic power …
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Trade and investment in services is inhibited by a range of policy restrictions, but the best offers so far in the Doha negotiations are on average twice as restrictive as actual policy. They will generate no additional market opening. Regulatory concerns help explain the limited progress. We...
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This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...
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(GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent …
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This paper examines liberalization of the basic telecommunications sector in a number of Asian countries and the role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in this process. It begins by explaining the working of the GATS as a mechanism for multilateral liberalization efforts. It...
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