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welfare gains from trade to each member country. It is shown that ROO and external tariffs are strategic complements such that … various issues on preferential trade agreements. The first essay examines welfare implications of forming preferential trade … an FTA with effective ROO can be welfare-improving to both members. Second, the formation of a PTA is more likely to …
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trade and welfare impacts in the case of select key agricultural products subject to tariff preferences within preferential …
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In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour...
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In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour...
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At the end of 2010 there are more than 100 new preferential trade agreements being contemplated. At the same time there are approximately 200 existing trade agreements whose provisions leave large additional potential gains from trade on the table. Despite these potential benefits, there appears...
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impact on the economy depends on the importance of tariffs in government revenue and on potential compensatory effects …
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The Socialist Republic of Vietnam's accession on 11 January 2007 to the World Trade Organization was not an isolated foray into the global trading system, but rather the culmination of nearly twenty years of incremental integration and adjustment to WTO standards through preferential trade...
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of trade protection, productivity directly influences tariffs. Moreover, this productivity-tariff relationship partly … the effect of productivity on tariffs, I control for the endogeneity of the inverse import penetration to import demand … and allow for internal transfers. Next, we use detailed data on product-level tariffs negotiated by the European Union (EU …
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This paper presents the results of a survey and analysis ofelectricity tariffs and marginal electricity prices for … commercialbuildings. The tariff data come from a survey of 90 utilities and 250tariffs for non-residential customers collected in 2004 as …
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March 15,2004. The main overall goals of this new regulation are: to allow the lowest possible tariffs for end users, while …
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