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The impact of free trade agreements on business activity : a survey of firms in the People's Republic of China
Zhang, Yunling - 2010
and global production networks and are reliant on foreign direct investment flows and external supplies of material and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732272
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Services trade and policy
Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2009
unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature touches on important linkages between trade and FDI in services and the …, focusing on contributions that investigate the determinants of international trade and investment in services, the potential … gains from greater trade (and liberalization) and efforts to cooperate to achieve such liberalization through trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009239689
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The value of bindings
Bacchetta, Marc; Piermartini, Roberta - 2011 - Manuscript date: 26 September 2011
One of the goals of the multilateral trading system is to enhance the stability and predictability of the environment in which traders operate.Binding tariffs at the WTO reduces the scope for their discretionary use. But, countries have bound tariffs at ceiling levels often substantially above...
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Trade policy uncertainty and the WTO
Groppo, Valeria; Piermartini, Roberta - 2014 - Manuscript date: 19 December 2014
Do WTO commitments reduce the risk of trade policy reversals? To address this question, we rely on the theoretical model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a tariff increase. We then study how WTO tariff commitments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462834
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Trade policy uncertainty and the WTO
Groppo, Valeria; Piermartini, Roberta - 2014
Do WTO commitments reduce the risk of trade policy reversals? To address this question, we rely on the theoretical model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a tariff increase. We then study how WTO tariff commitments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462864
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Regulatory Implications of Multilateral Trade Liberalisation for the Global Services Market : The Case of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
Di Lieto, Giovanni - 2018
, consumption outputs, and capital attraction in a broader pool of service-oriented economies. Ultimately, this study argues that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906731
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Do trade facilitation provisions in regional trade agreements matter? : impact on trade costs and multilateral spillovers
Duval, Yann; Neufeld, Nora; Utoktham, Chorthip - 2016
The scope and depth of bilateral and regional preferential trade agreements (RTAs) negotiated over the past 15 years has expanded beyond traditional market access and preferential tariffs to include provisions on a wide range of issues, including trade facilitation. This study is a first attempt...
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Potential economic impacts of the Vietnam-Korea free trade agreement on Vietnam
Thanh Hoan Phan; Jeong, Ji Young - In: Journal of East Asian economic integration 20 (2016) 1, pp. 67-90
liberalization. All the sectoral differences and changes are consistent with the trade profiles of the two countries, and the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764940
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India and Trade Facilitation in Services (TFS) Agreement : concerns and way forward
Mukherjee, Arpita; Kapoor, Avantika - 2017
and investment flows. This is the largest sector of the Indian economy contributing significantly to economic growth and … foreign investment flows. India is among the top ten World Trade Organization member countries in trade in services, and the … and behind the border, which makes it difficult for service providers from developing countries such as India to access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747598
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Potential Economic Impacts of the Vietnam-Korea Free Trade Agreement on Vietnam
Phan, Thanh - 2016
liberalization. All the sectoral differences and changes are consistent with the trade profiles of the two countries, and the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995117