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We argue that, in the presence of asymmetric countries, a trade agreement that conforms to GATT’s reciprocity rule …. Conversely, the (weaker) more trade dependent country cannot reach the free trade welfare level under reciprocity, although its … welfare improves relative to the trade war. Reciprocity is so unfavorable to the weaker country that it may be worse off under …
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We examine in detail the circumstances under which reciprocity, as defined in Bagwell and Staiger (1999), leads to … fixed world prices. We show that a change of tariffs satisfying reciprocity does not necessarily imply constant world prices … reciprocity and constant world prices, these reforms do not follow from the reciprocity condition, but rather from the requirement …
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We examine in detail the circumstances under which reciprocity, as defined in Bagwell and Staiger (1999), leads to … fixed world prices. We show that a change of tariffs satisfying reciprocity does not necessarily imply constant world prices … reciprocity and constant world prices, these reforms do not follow from the reciprocity condition, but rather from the requirement …
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We examine in detail the circumstances under which reciprocity, as defined in Bagwell and Staiger (1999), leads to … fixed world prices. We show that a change of tariffs satisfying reciprocity does not necessarily imply constant world prices … reciprocity and constant world prices, these reforms do not follow from the reciprocity condition, but rather from the requirement …
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We examine in detail the circumstances under which reciprocity, as defined in Bagwell and Staiger (1999), leads to … fixed world prices. We show that a change of tariffs satisfying reciprocity does not necessarily imply constant world prices … reciprocity and constant world prices, these reforms do not follow from the reciprocity condition, but rather from the requirement …
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This paper reviews the most significant recent developments in the theory of trade agreements. The paper offers an integrated approach to evaluating trade agreements, and uses the approach to present results on preferential and multilateral trade agreements. The paper identifies also several...
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At present, Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have proliferated extraordinarily in the world trade landscape. Some trade diplomats are coming to recognize the greater significance of regional competition policy and law and are arguing that RTAs are likely to prevent to create anti-competitive...
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The world is going through strikingly fast and comprehensive transformation. The harmonization of the bilateral or multilateral regulations and standards all over the world will make market penetrations much easier, or harder. This is also a critical turn for the overall Turkish economic and...
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The conclusion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) constitutes a priority and key component of the external trade policy of the European Union (EU). It is also an immediate follow-up to several years of regulatory cooperation between the two global trade powers. In an...
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This Research Report assesses the likely impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the British Columbia economy from the vantage point of what is known as the negotiations enter the end phase of negotiations in the Fall of 2014. The assessment is based on a two-step process. First, the...
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