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Recent rounds of GATT and later WTO have advocated widespread tariffication, meaning that existing non-tariff barriers … be converted into import equivalent tariffs. From an economic point of view, the effects of such tariffication are not … tariffication. The ranking of pre- and post-tariffication welfare depends crucially on the nature of the initial trade barrier and …
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) Wohlfahrtsniveau. Recent rounds of GATT and later WTO have advocated widespread tariffication, meaning that existing non …-tariff barriers be converted into import equivalent tariffs. From an economic point of view, the effects of such tariffication are not … tariffication. The ranking of pre- and post-tariffication welfare depends crucially on the nature of the initial trade barrier and …
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This paper shows that governments have no incentive to introduce non-tariff barriers when they are free to set tariffs but they do when tariffs are determined cooperatively. We then show three results. First, with trade liberalization, there is a progression from u sing tariffs only to quotas,...
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Much progress has been made in pursuing liberalization of agricultural trade in the Philippines. However, some significant tariff and non-tariff barriers remain. This study evaluates the economic impacts of completing the agenda of policy reform by removal of these remaining trade barriers....
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Market access negotiations in merchandise trade at the multilateral level cover tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs). While tariffs have been substantially reduced in earlier rounds, they remain high in certain areas and further reductions involve a number of complex technical issues. Some...
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Economic integration in South Asia is governed by India's relations with the other economies of the region and it is also at the helm of all trade facilitation and transit issues of the region. Concessions given by India under SAFTA for LDCs have greatly benefitted Bangladesh and concessions to...
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