We quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive … database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO … more. Using these estimates, we simulate the general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and …

equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 … countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO membership on trade among member counties is … general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small …

We quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive … database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO … more. Using these estimates, we simulate the general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and …

increase the level of protection by replacing an AD duty with a VER. This may account for the GATT ban on VERs, given the …

The National Treatment clause (NT) is the first-line defense in the GATT (and in most other trade agreements) against … internal taxation under the GATT. It is shown that despite severely restricting the freedom to set internal taxes, NT may …

The basic legal instrument in the WTO Agreement regulating domestic environmental policies is the GATT National …

. But in reality, most WTO disputes involve disagreements of interpretation concerning the agreement, or instances where the … agreement is simply silent. And some have suggested that the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) might serve a useful purpose by …