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Free trade agreements (FTAs) have become a prominent feature of the multilateral trading system and an important instrument of trade policy for members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The proliferation of FTAs is the result of a number of factors, from the economic to the political. East...
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The comparison of the key features of trade integration processes and the economic outcomes in China and India reveals … of public ownership and important regulatory barriers continue to dominate the services sectors. India has gone a long … still persists which likely adds to the hurdles faced by the Indian manufacturing sector. India has revealed a comparative …
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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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Policymakers increasingly view China’s rapidly growing wealth as a threat. China currently ranks second, or perhaps even first, in the world in gross domestic product (although 78th in per capita GDP), and the fear is that China will acquire military prowess commensurate with its wealth and...
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rebalancing has special significance for Asia. While India, like other Asian economies, suffered only an indirect impact from the … same connotations for India as it does for other East Asian economies. However, this paper argues that, given its large … domestic market, India could help other East Asian economies in their efforts to achieve greater export diversification and …
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rebalancing has special significance for Asia. While India, like other Asian economies, suffered only an indirect impact from the … does not have the same connotations for India as it does for other East Asian economies. However, this paper argues that …, given its large domestic market, India could help other East Asian economies in their efforts to achieve greater export …
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hypothesis for India over a period of time. However, two important policy implications of the analysis presented in this paper …
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According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries’ growth would benefit from reductions in barriers to trade. However, the empirical basis for judging trade reforms is weak. Econometrics are mostly ad hoc; results are typically not judged against models; policies are poorly measured;...
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The paper reviews the evidence of the impact of trade liberalisation on the economic performance of poor developing countries with respect to trade and the balance of payments, economic growth, poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, and the distribution of income between...
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