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The effect of the United States'granting Most Favored Nation status to Vietnam

Fukase, Emiko; Martin, Will - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999

Since the U.S.embargo on trade with Vietnam was lifted in 1994, exports from Vietnam to the United States have risen dramatically. However, Vietnam remains one of the few countries to which the United States has not yet granted most favored nation (MFN) status. The general tariff rates that the...

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Reciprocity in free trade agreements

Freund, Caroline - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003

The author uses detailed trade, tariff, and income data for countries involved in 91 trade agreements negotiated since 1980 to test for reciprocity in free trade agreements. The results offer strong evidence of reciprocity in North-North and South-South free trade agreements, but there is little...

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The Uruguay Round and South Asia : an overview of the impact and opportunities

Majd, Nader - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1995

: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. These countries are major exporters of textiles and clothing and some agriculture …. Their manufacturing sectors - especially textiles and clothing - would seem to be the main beneficiaries of the Round. The … will increase South Asia's output of textiles by 17 percent, and their exports of textiles by 26 percent. Output on …

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Trade policy options for Chile : a quantitative evaluation

Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997

Chile is currently evaluating a wide range of possible trade policies. Using a global computable general equilibrium model, the authors examine a range of trade policy and complementary tax policy options for Chile. They focus on Chile's principal preferential trade policy options: a free-trade...

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Financial development and international trade : is there a link?

Beck, Thorsten - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

The author explores a possible link between financial development and trade in manufactures. His theoretical model focuses on the role of financial intermediaries in facilitating large-scale, high-return projects. Results show that economies with better developed financial sectors have a...

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Reducing agrcultural tariffs versus domestic support : what's more important for developing countries?

Hoekman, Bernanrd; Ng, Francis; Olarreaga, Marcelo - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003

High levels of protection and domestic support for farmers in industrial countries significantly affect many developing countries, both directly and through the price-depressing effect of agricultural support policies. High tariffs--in both rich and poor countries--and domestic support may also...

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How minilateral trading agreements may affect the post-Uruguay Round world

Braga, C.A. Primo; Yeats, Alexander - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1992

One issue dominating recent discussions on free trade areas and other minilateral associations (preferential trade arrangements) is whether such arrangements will detract from further multilateral trade liberalization on a most-favored-nation basis. But for much of this debate empirical...

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Setting the trade policy agenda : What roles for Economists?

Anderson, Kym - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

Economists have influenced the trade policy agenda for establishing multilateral trade rules, disciplines, and procedures, and for negotiating most-favored nation and preferential reductions in trade barriers and subsidies, in addition to affecting the agenda for unilateral policy reform. These...

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Just how big is global production sharing?

Yeats, Alexander J. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1998

Sharing different stages of manufacturing between countries is of major and growing importance. But because of previous deficiencies in the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC Revision 1) system, it was not possible to differentiate between the international trade in components and...

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How accession to the European Union has affected external trade and foreign direct investment in Central European economies

Kaminski, Bartlomiej - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

The collapse of central planning set in motion the reintegration of the Central European countries into the world economy. The European Union (EU), because of its proximity, economic weight, and policy-induced deep integration, has shaped these countries'politics, and economics. The process of...

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