- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The goal of these policies has been to create successful export-intensive firms …Policymakers in several countries have recently taken steps to promote the rapid export expansion of high-tech small …

This paper addresses the issue of export licensing procedures in the WTO context. It aims to contribute to the … understanding of the existing rules applicable to export licensing in the WTO, and what the development of specific disciplines … would mean to international trade. The paper looks at the definition of export licensing, the past discussions on developing …