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Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will J. - 2015
This paper examines the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from multilateral trade … reform over the next decade. The World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy is employed to examine the impact first of …, thereby helping to reduce poverty. A Doha partial liberalization could take the world some way towards those desirable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063966
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Multilateral Agricultural Trade Liberalization : The Contrasting Fortunes of Developing Countries in the Doha Round
Bouët, Antoine; Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Decreux, Yvan; … - 2012
An applied general equilibrium model is used to assess the impact of multilateral trade liberalization in agriculture, with particular emphasis on developing countries. We use original data, and the model includes some specific features such as a dual labor market. Applied tariffs, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014064371
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A Quantitative Analysis of Proposals on Domestic Support in WTO Agriculture Negotiations : Need for Reaffirming the Development Agenda
Sharma, Sachin Kumar - 2020
Disciplining domestic support to agriculture remains an unfinished agenda in the WTO negotiations due to the different views and positions of members. Developing members have been consistently demanding an effective special and differential treatment (S&DT) for themselves, along with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091772
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430680
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Trade liberalization and developing countries under the Doha round
Francois, Joseph F.; Meijl, Hans van; Tongeren, Frank W. van - 2003
We explore the impact of multilateral liberalization, with emphasison distributional effects across countries. We first develop a realistic base1ine that takes into account events such as the entry of China into the WTO and the enlargement of the EU, allowing us to focus on those effects that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333883
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World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation : assessing the level of ambition and likely impacts
Yamanaka, Shintarō - 2014
At the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in Bali on 3–6 December 2013, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281408
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Competing liberalizations : tariffs and trade in the 21st century
Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Guimbard, Houssein; Jean, … - 2016
This paper proposes a unique overview of trade policies trends since the launch of the Doha Round, based on detailed data on tariffs and trade covering 130 countries. We show that regionalism has delivered limited effective liberalization so far, leading to only a 0.3 percentage point (p.p.) cut...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496864
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The value of the Committee on Agriculture : mapping Q&As to trade flows
Jackson, Lee Ann; Maggi, Federica; Piermartini, Roberta; … - 2020
What is the value of the WTO Committee on Agriculture? How much trade do countries talk about at the WTO? Do low-income countries participate less than they should in the work of the Committee? How important are issues not covered by notifications? What are the most important issues on which to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387739
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US-China Conflict in Global Trade Governance : The New Politics of Agricultural Subsidies at the WTO
Hopewell, Kristen - 2021
but underappreciated change has taken place, largely beneath the radar of IPE scholarship: China has emerged as the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252214
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The Legal and Economic Implications of Economic Partnership Agreements in Kenya's Trade Arena : Assessing Liberalization of Agriculture and Food Security
Juma, Jill - 2010
This paper examines the concept of Reciprocal Trade Liberalization – the common objective of Economic Partnership Agreements, and its legal and economic effect on Kenya's Agricultural Sector/Industry within the purview of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The study is premised...
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