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In this chapter, I review the literature on governments’ motivations for negotiating and joining international trade agreements. I discuss both normative explanations for trade agreements and explanations based on political-economy concerns. Most of the chapter focuses on the purpose of...
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The WTO has not been able to recover since the collapse of the Doha Round in July 2008. Several ministerial conferences … to reform the WTO in 2018 and 2019. This book argues that the Trump Administration reform proposals have been much more … the proposals and called for the WTO to be development-oriented and inclusive. This book provides a critical analysis of …
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As East Asia becomes increasingly integrated through market-driven trade and FDI activities, free trade agreements (FTAs) are proliferating. Consolidation of multiple and overlapping FTAs into a single East Asian FTA can help mitigate the harmful noodle bowl effects of different or competing...
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This study considers endogenous determination of domestic standards on products that cause negative consumption externalities in the presence of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) in a three-country world. In particular, we examine how a PTA affects the optimal levels of external tariffs and...
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Almost eight years after the launch of the Doha Round, the WTO negotiations remain mired in a swamp of detail, with … could be achieved; whether there are alternative approaches to WTO negotiations that could be explored for the future; and … what a future negotiating agenda might look like. It concludes with some reflections on the prospects for the WTO at the …
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The paper offers a novel explanation for China’s manufacturing exports performance after WTO entry. Building on … conjunction with China’s WTO accession, and examines its effect on China’s exports to the EU. The results reveal that: (i) the …
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surveys, on complaints by trading partners at the World Trade Organization (WTO) or notifications by companies or countries … sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) against which trading partners issued complaints at the WTO. …
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policy & regulations; economic infrastructure; building productive capacity; and trade-related adjustment. The WTO … WTO has been focusing on women with the aim of building their capacity to trade and using trade as a tool for their …
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