This paper aims to examine the effect of reducing the import tariffs of trading partners on total and individual … Balkans, the reduction of import simple average tariff rate (SAT) and weighted average tariff (WAT) rate have a positive …

While China was reducing tariffs as part of the WTO accession process, it was also effectively restricting exports in … based on tariffs alone. We also use our model to solve for China’s optimal export taxes and calculate the impact of optimal …-country Ricardian model to examine the extent to which these de facto export tax changes benefited China and nullified the benefits to …

diversification (particularly its intensive margin) are hurt more by China`s rebates. Interestingly, higher domestic import tariffs …The paper examines trade diversion effects of China`s VAT export rebates within a “three-way” fixed effects Poisson …/3% decrease in international import prices. The study further identifies 165 country-specific estimates observing a rather high …

. Using import data from OECD member countries from 2002 to 2014, we find that Korea's exports to OECD countries of the … between Korea and China are considered in the estimation, the negative impact from the depreciation of the Chinese renminbi … China …

Concerns about a possible turn of the global trade policy agenda are on the rise. Indeed, even if tariffs are at a …

the period 2003 to 2010. The analysis covers the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and five bilateral PTAs with China … effect panel data techniques. The SAFTA and PTAs with China and Iran are associated with improved export performance in terms … Mauritius, whereas with Sri Lanka and China product diversification declined. …