Ethiopia’s formal request to join the WTO was submitted on 13 January 2003, following more than a decade long unilateral trade liberalization pursued as part of the country’s effort to transform itself from a centrally planned to a market-oriented economy. Joining the WTO was considered as...

"This volume assembles seminal empirical studies which estimate the past and prospective, national and global economic welfare impacts of GATT/WTO-induced multilateral trade liberalizations. It also touches on the effects of the Uruguay Round's TRIPS Agreement on intellectual property rights,...