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 …, however, it definitely improves the neighbors’ welfare. In a multiple-good model, a PTA without concessions deteriorates the …

featured in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) contribute to reducing trade costs. Inclusion of such provisions in RTAs …

and deeper paperless trade provisions than those featured in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. A more detailed …

Indicators - which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December …

2013. WTO commitments (1.0 p.p. average cut) and unilateral liberalizations on a most-favored-nation (MFN) basis (1.3 p …

For many years now, lack of progress in multilateral trade negotiations has been a major cause of concern among WTO … account of the use of OPAs in the GATT 1947 era and of its revival under the WTO Agreement. It describes the various areas of … the WTO Agreement in which OPAs can be successfully employed to make progress in liberalisation as well as in rule …

benefits and limitations of the resulting Trade Facilitation provisions. Examining the impact of the recently concluded WTO …