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Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence
Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A. - 2010
have attempted to have labour standards included in WTO disciplines. In the absence of success at the WTO, the relationship … directions in multilateral trade agreements and the increasing dissatisfaction with the WTO’s treatment of consumer issues in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442643
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Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence: Technical Annex
Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A. - 2010
have attempted to have labour standards included in WTO disciplines. In the absence of success at the WTO, the relationship … directions in multilateral trade agreements and the increasing dissatisfaction with the WTO’s treatment of consumer issues in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442644
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Towards improved labour standards for construction of minor works in low income countries
Cotton, Andrew P.; Sohail (Khan), M.; Scott, Rebecca E. - 2005
Purpose of the paper: The construction industry is one of the largest employment providers in the developing world. It is also one of the least safe industries, with a high frequency of accidents resulting in financial losses, injuries, disabilities and deaths. Decent working conditions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461109
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The Doha Agenda and Agricultural Trade Reform: The Role of Economic Analysis
Martin, William J.; Anderson, Kym - 2006
This paper shows that research on international agricultural trade reform can make much greater contributions to understanding than was feasible in earlier trade negotiations. Part of this is due to improvements in the basic data on production, consumption and trade associated with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442475
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An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts of WTO Tiered Formula for Tariff Reduction on Taiwan
Hsu, Shih-Hsun; Chang, C.; Li, S.; Chen, Y. - 2006
In this study we use Taiwan as a case study to provide an economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of WTO tariff … General Equilibrium Model with a WTO module (TAIGEM-WTO, hereafter) that is a multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442492
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A Framework for Estimating U.S. WTO Domestic Support to 2015
Quiroga, Jose - 2006
observations arising from our analysis. The baseline scenario extends the classification of programs in WTO notifications to 2015 … programs; and estimates for WTO boxes and the overall value of production. The main results of the baseline scenario suggest … minimis percentages, commitments on Total AMS and overall support. This enables us to better understand implications for WTO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442524
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WTO Discipline and the CAP: the Constraints on the EU Sugar Sector
Gohin, Alexandre; Bureau, Jean-Christophe - 2006
The various assessments of the effects of a liberalization of world sugar markets are inconsistent with each other. One cause seems to be the modeling of the EU supply response. We investigate three possible linkages between sugar production under quota and the out-of-quota or "C" sugar supply:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443014
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Multilateral Trade and Agricultural Policy Reforms in Sugar Markets (Revised)
Elobeid, Amani E.; Beghin, John C. - 2005
We analyze the impact of trade liberalization, removal of production subsidies, and elimination of consumption distortions in world sugar markets using a partial-equilibrium international sugar model calibrated on 2002 market data and current policies. The removal of trade distortions alone...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443055
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GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION: AN IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS AT STAKE
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique; Beghin, John C. - 2004
We use the global Linkage model to assess the impact of trade and support policies in agriculture on income, trade, and output patterns. We provide order-of-magnitude estimates of the impacts of policy changes rather than point estimates. Two sets of simulations are used to identify key drivers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443100
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ASSESSING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF JAMAICAN ACKEE IN LIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY SUGAR AND BANANAS
Hyatt, Karl - 2007
, through exports of sugar and bananas to the EU (European Union), has been eroded as a result of recent rulings by the WTO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443322