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We use an empirical gravity equation approach to study how nonreciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs), enacted mainly through the Generalized System of Preferences, affect the exports of the beneficiary nations. In line with existing studies, the average trade effect stemming from nonreciprocal...
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The European Union (EU) supports developing countries with a unilateral trade preference scheme. The scheme underwent a major reform in 2014, in which many countries lost access to reduced tariff rates. We analyse how this radical step that removed preferences from 103 countries by 2018 fits...
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System of Preferences (GSP). Preferential market access via US GSP is conditional on political practices by beneficiaries …. Using monthly import data, I study trade policy uncertainty related to country-level GSP eligibility reviews conducted by …
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.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits to see whether political friends of the U.S. receive favorable treatment. While …
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Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries (SDT) constitutes a central feature of the GATT/WTO system. Its formal goal is to foster export-led growth in developing countries. Its theoretical foundations and empirical support are, however, weak at best. In particular, SDT...
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.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits to see whether political friends of the U.S. receive favorable treatment. While …
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policy changes in the United States (US) to address this question. The expansion of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP … GSP expansion increased African exports of other eligible products. While the marginal impacts on African apparel exports …
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of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) of the European Union (EU). EU GSP members receive non-reciprocal trade … preferences (NRTPs), but only as long as they are not too competitive; i.e. they will graduate in case their share of EU GSP …-related graduations for members of the so-called "GSP+", a sub-scheme of the main programme. We find that the reform increased EU imports …
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. This covers Generalized System of Preference (GSP) programmes in each, and further preferences granted to African …
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of Competitive Needs Limits (CNL) built into the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). CNLs are arguably imposed on … super competitive GSP beneficiaries and aim to limit their exporting capacity. We exploit the variation in the timing of the … implementation of the CNLs across countries to identify the impact. We find that being excluded from the GSP due to a CNL induces a …
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