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WTO decision-making for the future
Low, Patrick - 2011
Decision making in the WTO has become ever more difficult as the number of members increases and the range of issues … tackled broadens. This paper looks at reasons why aspects of decision-making might be changed and discusses a number of … trading system. It then takes a detailed look at the notion of critical mass decision-making. It argues for this approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326781
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WTO Decision - Making for the Future
Low, Patrick - 2011
Decision making in the WTO has become ever more difficult as the number of members increases and the range of issues … tackled broadens. This paper looks at reasons why aspects of decision-making might be changed and discusses a number of … trading system. It then takes a detailed look at the notion of ‘critical mass' decision-making. It argues for this approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125544
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The case for creating a Working Party on the Functioning of the WTO
Pedersen, Peter N. - 2011 - Manuscript date: 25 October 2011
few important initiatives on transparency and decision-making, most contributions on the functioning of the WTO have been … than a decade of efforts to conclude the Doha Round of trade negotiations. This paper explores the possibility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376109
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Preferentialism in trade relations : challenges for the World Trade Organization
Low, Patrick - 2014
This paper argues that preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) are not substitutes, and while PTAs are without doubt here to stay, dispensing with a multilateral venue for doing business in trade matters is not a serious option. It is therefore necessary to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348853
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Preferentialism in Trade Relations : Challenges for the World Trade Organization
Low, Patrick - 2014
This paper argues that preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) are not substitutes, and while PTAs are without doubt here to stay, dispensing with a multilateral venue for doing business in trade matters is not a serious option. It is therefore necessary to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054264
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Economic Diplomacy and Economic Security
van Bergeijk, Peter A. G.; Moons, Selwyn - 2009
This chapter investigates how economic diplomacy can be used to generate and increase economic security. The first section sets out a definition for economic diplomacy, uncovers some of the historical roots and discusses empirical findings on the trade - conflict - cooperation relationships. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206145
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Policy Uncertainty, Trade and Welfare: Theory and Evidence for China and the U.S.
Handley, Kyle; Limão, Nuno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We assess the impact of U.S. trade policy uncertainty (TPU) toward China in a tractable general equilibrium framework with heterogeneous firms. We show that increased TPU reduces investment in export entry and technology upgrading, which in turn reduces trade flows and real income for consumers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083973
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Exporting under trade policy uncertainty: Theory and evidence
Handley, Kyle - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2011
Policy commitment and credibility are important for inducing agents to make costly, irreversible investments. Policy uncertainty can delay investment and reduce the response to policy change. I provide theoretical and novel quantitative evidence for these effects by focusing on trade policy, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115017
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Exporting under Trade Policy Uncertainty: Theory and Evidence
Handley, Kyle - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2012
I provide novel evidence for the impact of trade policy uncertainty on exporters. In a dynamic, heterogeneous firms model, trade policy uncertainty will delay the entry of exporters into new markets and make them less responsive to applied tariff reductions. Policy instruments that reduce or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010822521
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Exporting under trade policy uncertainty: Theory and evidence
Handley, Kyle - 2011
Policy commitment and credibility are important for inducing agents to make costly, irreversible investments. Policy uncertainty can delay investment and reduce the response to policy change. I provide theoretical and novel quantitative evidence for these effects by focusing on trade policy, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326782