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The Generalized System of Preferences of the United States : Does it Promote Industrialization and Economic Growth of the Least Developed Countries?

Dowlah, Caf - 2008

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) - a system of differential and favorable trade arrangements toward less developed countries - has been around since the early 1970s. A primary objective of GSP schemes, sponsored by developed industrialized countries, especially by the United States...

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U.S. Contingent Protection Against Honey Imports : Development Aspects and the Doha Round

Nogués, Julio J. - 2003

On December 2001, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the imposition of steep antidumping duties against … the Petitioners which was riddled with errors. This suggests the urgent need to introduce reforms into the WTO antidumping …

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Are unfair import laws unfair to developing countries : evidence from US antidumping actions 1990 - 2004

Morkre, Morris E. (contributor); Spinanger, Dean (contributor) - 2008

. -- Antidumping (AD) ; AD margin ; developing countries (DCs) ; market-oriented economies (MOEs) ; nonmarket economies (NME …

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Are Unfair Import Laws Unfair to Developing Countries : Evidence from U.S. Antidumping Actions 1990-2004

Morkre, Morris E.; Spinanger, Dean; Tran, Lien H. - 2013

This paper investigates the effects of U.S. AD actions on DCs. It first considers administrative actions by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which decides AD margins for countries. It then considers decision making by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which determines injury to domestic...

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WTO and Domestic Support under USA Farm Act 2014 : Implications for Developing Countries

Sharma, Sachin Kumar - 2020

the welfare of millions of farmers in developing countries like India. Among the developed countries, USA is one of the … prominent providers of trade distorting support to agriculture sector. USA is giving huge support to farmers under various … programmes which are governed by USA Farm Act. The USA Farm Act 2014 has restructured as well as repealed many programs related …

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Hidden protectionism? : evidence from non-tariff barriers to trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - 2016

Can the enforcement of product standards be protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2014. We find that import refusals decrease exports to the United States. This trade...

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Hidden protectionism? : evidence from non-tariff barriers to trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - 2014

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with US product standards, using a new database on US import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing effect...

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Hidden protectionism? : evidence from non-tariff barriers to trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - 2014

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non- compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...

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Debunking Protectionist Myths : Free Trade, the Developing World, and Prosperity

Panagariya, Arvind - 2020

More than 170 years ago, Frédéric Bastiat noted in his masterly work Economic Sophisms that the “opposition to free trade rests upon errors, or, if you prefer, upon half-truths.”1 Ever since Adam Smith successfully replaced mercantilist orthodoxy with free trade doctrine in his celebrated...

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Trade Dimensions of Food Security

Brooks, Jonathan - 2015

This report examines the different channels through which trade openness (and reforms to achieve it) can affect a country’s food security. The overall conclusion is that trade openness has a positive net impact on food security, although specific constituencies, including some poor households,...

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