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Intellectual Property Provisions of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements in Light of U.S. Federal Law
Abbott, Frederick M. - 2011
required by the TRIPS Agreement which establishes minimum substantive standards of protection and enforcement for all WTO … countries with respect to standards of protection varies depending upon the level of development and other characteristics of … for raising standards of IPRs protection above that mandated by TRIPS, the United States has shifted its attention to …
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A transatlantic divide? : the US and EU's approach to the international regulation of intellectual property trade-related agreements
Pugatch, Meir Perez - 2007
The TRIPs plus phenomenon (additional steps to strengthen the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) tends to be attributed to the regional and bilateral efforts of the United States. This paper suggests that such a perception is mistaken. The EU certainly seeks to...
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How did China's WTO entry benefit U.S. consumers?
Amiti, Mary; Dai, Mi; Feenstra, Robert C.; Romalis, John - 2017
China's rapid rise in the global economy following its 2001 World Trade Organization (WTO) entry has raised questions about its economic impact on the rest of the world. In this paper, we focus on the U.S. market and potential consumer benefits. We find that the China trade shock reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011942762
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Importer-Specific Elasticities of Demand : Evidence from U.S. Exports
Yilmazkuday, Hakan - 2019
This paper investigates whether the elasticity of demand systematically changes from one importer country to another in an international trade context. Evidence from U.S. exports supports this view by suggesting that the elasticity of demand in an importer country among the products purchased...
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Price Dispersion Across U.S. Districts of Entry
Yilmazkuday, Hakan - 2016
This paper investigates the price dispersion of U.S. imports at the good-category level across U.S. districts of entry. Although there is a large heterogeneity across goods, on average, the implied markups of a simple model explain about 31% of the price dispersion, while the implied marginal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006794
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How Did China’s WTO Entry Affect U.S. Prices?
Amiti, Mary - 2018
We analyze the effects of China's rapid export expansion following World Trade Organization (WTO) entry on U.S. prices, exploiting cross-industry variation in trade liberalization. Lower input tariffs boosted Chinese firms' productivity, lowered costs, and, in conjunction with reduced U.S....
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ASEAN Centrality and the ASEAN-US Economic Relationship
Petri, Peter A. - 2013
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is strategically significant because of its size, dynamism, and role in the Asian economic and security architectures. This paper examines how ASEAN seeks to strengthen these assets through “centrality” in intraregional and external policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076776
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How did China's WTO entry benefit U.S. consumers?
Amiti, Mary; Dai, Mi; Feenstra, Robert C.; Romalis, John - 2017
China's rapid rise in the global economy following its 2001 World Trade Organization (WTO) entry has raised questions about its economic impact on the rest of the world. In this paper, we focus on the U.S. market and potential consumer benefits. We find that the China trade shock reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667739
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Pass-Through of Trade Costs to U.S. Import Prices
YILMAZKUDAY, HAKAN - 2020
This paper measures the pass-through of trade costs into U.S. import prices by using actual data on duties/tariffs and freight-related costs. The key innovation is to decompose the indirect effects of trade costs (on prices) into the effects on markups, quality and productivity while...
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The Effects of a China-US Free Trade and Investment Agreement
Petri, Peter A.; Plummer, Michael G.; Zhai, Fan - 2014
Neither of the major negotiations underway in the Asia-Pacific region, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, includes both China and the United States. By failing to connect these economies, these agreements would leave much of the economic and...
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