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Trade in Healthcare and Health Insurance Services : The GATS as a Supporting Actor (?)

Adlung, Rudolf - 2010

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is broader in policy coverage than conventional trade agreements for … sector- or country-specific needs. An overview of existing commitments on healthcare and health insurance services shows that … healthcare services at the end of the Uruguay Round, nor to make offers in the ongoing negotiations, insurance services have been …

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Trade Disputes Between China and the United States: Growing Pains so Far, Worse Ahead?

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde; Woollacott, Jared C. - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2010

This study covers the history of Sino-US trade relations with a particular focus on the past decade, during which time each has been a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Providing a brief history of 19th and 20th century economic relations, this paper examines in detail the trade...

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Using Food Aid to Support, Not Harm, Haitian Agriculture

Weisbrot, Mark; Johnston, Jake; Ray, Rebecca - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010

This paper proposes that international donors seeking to support Haiti’s agricultural sector and provide food to those in need could help Haiti become more self-sufficient by purchasing the entire Haitian rice crop over the next two years. The paper finds that buying up all of Haiti’s rice...

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An Analysis of the Challenges Facing the Panel Process, the Appellate Body and the Implementation Process of the WTO Disputes Settlement System

Nwafor-Orizu, Mmaobi - 2022

The Appellate Body crisis unveiled the unprecedented challenges which has long plagued the internal structure of the WTO Dispute Settlement System. The purpose of this paper is to make a critical assessment of the foundational issues that resulted to the appellate body crisis, examine the...

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A Worker-Centered Trade Policy

LeClercq, Desiree - 2023

What is a “worker-centered” trade policy? The Biden administration claims that it means protecting all workers—foreign and American—from exploitative working conditions in trade sectors. The administration’s vigorous enforcement of international labor rights suggests a significant...

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Forecasting U.S. Trade in Services

Deardorff, Alan V.; Hymans, Saul H.; Stern, Robert M; … - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2000

This paper provides a set of forecasts of United States international trade in services, both at the aggregate level … mostly passenger air transportation; transportation, other than passenger transportation; and other private services …, including education, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, and business, professional and technical services. A …

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Acordo de Comércio sobre Comércio de Serviços - GTAS

Campos, Luis Canha - EconWPA - 2005

Uma breve apresentação do GATS (Acordo de Comércio sobre Comércio de Serviços) da Organização Mundial de Comércio, que ilustra quais os principais parâmetros do seu âmbito, bem como, qual o modelo de negociação das sucessivas 'rondas' negociais.

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The Complete Issue

Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the … - In: Integración y Comercio / Integration and Trade 34 (2012) 16, pp. 1-128

This issue of the Journal is devoted to physical integration in Latin America. The Editorial Committee set about designing the contents with a call for papers, which suggested topics and questions that focused on the subject while covering a broad spectrum. Regional physical integration is...

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South Asian Free Trade Area and food trade : implications for regional food security

Ward, Megan; Herr, Hansjörg; Pédussel Wu, Jennifer - 2020

This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity model to examine the regional changes in trade in agricultural products. This is followed by a discussion of how this might affect the four dimensions of food security,...

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Not so different from non-traders : trade premia in Middle East and North Africa

Francis, David; Schweiger, Helena - In: The economics of transition 25 (2017) 2, pp. 185-238

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