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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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develop a realistic base1ine that takes into account events such as the entry of China into the WTO and the enlargement of the …
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This paper looks at the possibilities of a concluding "Bali package" on the issues that are currently engaging the WTO …
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There are essentially two types of plurilateral trade agreements (PAs) among WTO Members, an exclusive and an open … discussions. This article takes a sceptical view, since any such PA would need to be agreed by consensus among all 160-odd WTO … treaty frameworks, as "WTO-extra" understandings. …
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The continued difficulties of the World Trade Organization to achieve further multilateral trade liberalization in the Doha Round negotiations have raised questions about its continued relevance. This paper firstly identifies and assesses the key developments in the Doha Round that have...
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The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) received much scholarly attention when it was first established in 1989, but has been overshadowed of late by dispute settlement processes. This paper examines the relationship between barriers to trade that are flagged by the World Trade Organization's...
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PTAs are generally negotiated without any tariff concessions or transfers to non-member countries. Can such a PTA benefit the neighbors’ welfare? In a two-good competitive equilibrium model in the absence of an entrepôt, a PTA without concessions to the outside will hurt the outsider’s...
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trade policies. The WTO regularly examines its members' trade policies - but its reports tend to be superficial and …
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WTO and the negotiations concerning climate change in the UN. In both case, it is argued, developing countries must assume … developing countries themselves. -- global economic governance ; developing countries ; WTO ; UNFCCC …
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We estimate the effects of trade facilitation on export diversification, as measured by two extensive margins: the number of products exported by destination and the number of export destinations served by product. To address the issue of causality, we employ an identification strategy whereby...
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