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On the widely differing effects of free trade agreements : lessons from twenty years of trade integration
Baier, Scott L.; Yotov, Yoto V.; Zylkin, Thomas - 2016
We develop a novel two-stage methodology that allows us to study the empirical determinants of the ex post effects of past free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as obtain ex ante predictions for the effects of future FTAs. We first identify 908 unique estimates of the effects of FTAs on different...
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Transatlantic free trade : the view point of Germany
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Aichele, Rahel - 2014
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469280
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Gravity-based tools for assessing the impact of tariff changes
Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Hugot, Jules - 2022
tools are rooted in the structural gravity literature. The first tool estimates the impact of tariff changes on bilateral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820833
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic …
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Fast Track Authority and International Trade Negotiations
Conconi, Paola - 2009
Fast Track Authority (FTA) is the institutional procedure in the Unites States whereby Congress grants to the President …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764282
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From trade preferences to trade facilitation: Taking stock of the issues
Persson, Maria - 2011
The objective of the paper is to explore and give an overview of two central policy alternatives to improve the integration between the European Union and developing countries by removing barriers to trade: trade preferences and trade facilitation. After reviewing the relevant literatures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305855
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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization
Francois, J.; Hoekman, B.; Manchin, M. - 2005
Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate intoworsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences haveproven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization.We examine the actual scope for preference erosion,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325569
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Indisputably essential: The economics of dispute settlement institutions in trade agreements
Keck, Alexander; Schropp, Simon - 2007
Economic theory has made considerable progress in explaining why sovereign countries cooperate in trade. Central to most theories of trade cooperation are issues of self-enforcement: The threat of reprisal by an aggrieved party maintains the initial balance of concessions and prevents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326684
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Trade remedy provisions in regional trade agreements
Teh, Robert; Prusa, Thomas J.; Budetta, Michele - 2007
This paper maps and examines the provisions on anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in seventy-four regional trade agreements (RTAs). The RTAs vary in size, degree of integration, geographic region and the level of economic development of their members. The key policy concern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326692
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R&D in the network of international trade: Multilateral versus regional trade agreements
Teteryatnikova, Mariya - 2008
This paper argues that different types of trade liberalization { multilateral versus regional { may lead to different R&D and productivity levels of firms. Trade agreements between countries are modelled with a network: nodes represent countries and a link between the nodes indicates the...
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