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Trade and environment : a new direction for green trade
Allen, Linda J. - In: The Estey Centre journal of international law and trade … 15 (2014) 1, pp. 47-65
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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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Financial services and the WTO : liberalization in the developing and transition economies
Mattoo, Aaditya - 1998 - Manuscript date: 16 March, 1998, Preliminary draft
(GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent …
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The new liberalism : trade policy developments in emerging markets
Drábek, Zdeněk; Laird, Samuel - 1997 - Manuscript date: January, 1997
In the last ten years, there has been a sea change in trade and related policies in emerging markets. This results from autonomous reforms undertaken in conjunction with macro-economic stabilization programmes. Many non-tariff measures have been eliminated and tariffs, now the principal trade...
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Reform in basic telecommunications and the WTO negotiations : the Asian experience
Low, Patrick; Mattoo, Aaditya - 1998 - Manuscript date: 25 November, 1997
This paper examines liberalization of the basic telecommunications sector in a number of Asian countries and the role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in this process. It begins by explaining the working of the GATS as a mechanism for multilateral liberalization efforts. It...
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WTO membership and the shift to consumption taxes
Büttner, Thiess; Madzharova, Boryana - 2016
implications of membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Em-ploying robust difference-in-difference specifications as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522137
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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,...
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The evolution of deep trade agreements
Mattoo, Aaditya; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...
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Trade in health products : reducing trade barriers for better health
Helble, Matthias; Shepherd, Benjamin - 2017
throughout the world. At the same time, trade in health products is hampered by substantive trade barriers. In this paper, we … present evidence that countries around the world still apply tariffs and nontariff measures that increase prices and limit the … World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement as a starting point, can be linked to improved handling of health …
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