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The relevance of SPS in the ACP-EU economic partnership agreements : what a development-friendly recognition of SPS measures within the EPA negotiations might look like
Chemnitz, Christine; Günther, Doris - 2007
The Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have benefited from unilateral preferential access to EU markets under …, one of the main concerns of ACP countries is their inability to benefit from their preferential status due to their lack …, instead reciprocal trade agreements, the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), should replace the former ones in 2008. ACP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908762
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Recent Claims of China's Economic Exceptionalism : Reflections Inspired by WTO Accession
Woo, Wing Thye - 2003
's particular economic circumstances, or have been the result of the convergence of its economic institutions to those of a typical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131390
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Winners and losers in the panel stage of the WTO dispute settlement system
Hoekman, Bernard M. (contributor); Horn, Henrik (contributor) - 2008
A significant body of research has sought to examine claims that developing countries are underrepresented as complainants, and/or over-represented as respondents in the WTO dispute settlement system. Most of this literature has focused on their propensity to participate, the idea being that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757010
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The harmonized system : amendments and their impact on WTO members' schedules
Yu, Dayong - 2008
The Harmonized System is normally amended by the World Customs Organization every four to six years. These amendments pose considerable challenges for the WTO and its Members. On the one hand, Members need to periodically update their historical schedules of concessions into the latest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805890
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LDC Poverty Alleviation and the Doha Development Agenda : is tourism being neglected?
Honeck, Dale - 2008
to address services infrastructure constraints (one of the greatest impediments to increasing LDC tourism revenues and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805893
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The economics of permissible WTO retaliation
Bown, Chad P.; Ruta, Michele - 2008
We examine how theoretical and quantitative economic analysis has and can be used in this stage of the DSU process. First, we identify, characterize, and categorize the major classes of disputes e.g., those affecting import protection versus export promotion and use the Bagwell and Staiger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805895
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Antidumping as strategic trade policy under asymmetric information
Matschke, Xenia; Schöttner, Anja - 2009
This paper investigates the domestic government's antidumping duty choice in an asymmetric information framework where the foreign firm's cost is observed by the domestic firm, but not by the government. To induce truthful revelation, the government can design a tariff schedule, contingent on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003807867
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The burden of proof in national treatment disputes and the environment
Horn, Henrik - 2009
This paper examines the role of the burden of proof (BoP) in National Treatment (NT) disputes under trade agreements. In the situation under study, imports may cause environmental damage, in which case less favorable treatment of imported products may be globally desirable from an international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809130
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Can a preferential trade agreement benefit neighbor countries without compensating them?
Endoh, Masahiro; Hamada, Kōichi; Shimomura, Kōji - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811034
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The WTO and environmental provisions : three categories of trade and environment linkage
Khalilian, Setareh (contributor) - 2009
The current WTO jurisdiction on linkages of trade and environment is not free of contradictions and has provided for heated debate due to some inconsistencies in past WTO rulings. The article argues that the WTO jurisdiction is not only unclear but also lacks economic reasoning. It aims to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811850