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Doha Round Sectoral Negotiations: A Study on Health-care Sector in India*

Verma, Rajat; Kallummal, Murali; Varma, Poornima - In: Foreign Trade Review 48 (2013) 3, pp. 399-411

This article is an attempt to analyze the need for negotiations (if any) for India, in the sector of â€˜Enhanced Healthcareâ€™ which is one of the 14 sectors in the Sectoral Negotiations (a component of Non Agricultural Market Access) of the ongoing Doha round. This is done by looking...

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Who Profits from Trade Facilitation Initiatives?

Hoekman, Bernard; Shepherd, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation—measures to reduce the overall costs of the international movement of goods. From an equity perspective an important question is how those benefits are distributed across and within...

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Accession to the World Trade Organization and Tariff Evasion

Javorcik, Beata; Narciso, Gaia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This study documents some unintended consequences of the WTO membership by providing evidence on displacement of tariff … evasion driven by the WTO accession process. We argue that implementation of Article VII of the GATT resulted in limiting … discretion of customs officials in terms of assessing unit values of goods. While prior to the WTO accession, officials were free …

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Antidumping : A Problem in International Trade

Zanardi, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

When in 1923 Jacob Viner wrote the book "Dumping: A Problem in International Trade", he probably did not imagine that the system put in place to eliminate the effects of dumping (i.e. antidumping) would surge to be a problem.However, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first antidumping...

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Export diversification effects of the WTO trade facilitation agreement

Beverelli, Cosimo; Neumueller, Simon; Teh, Robert - 2015

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THE WTO, ATC AND TEXTILES AND CLOTHING IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S IN IT FOR BANGLADESH?

Spinanger, Dean - Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) - 2001

The paper examines the conditions shaping the global demand for textile and clothing products from a given country or rather determining whether a country is a suitable investment location for the production of T&C products. It also highlights the trends in Bangladesh’s RMG exports and...

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Export boost of Textile Industry of Pakistan by availing EU’s GSP Plus

Wagan, Shah Mehmood - In: Journal of Economics Library 1 (2015) 1, pp. 18-27

Pakistan is commonly known as agriculture based economy where vast areas of cultivated lands are producing cotton. This enabled to establish and flourish textile industries in Pakistan, therefore Pakistan is vital part of cheap and quality based textile products exporting country. Recently...

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Nachhaltiger Konsum und Textilabkommen: Sollten Unternehmen und Konsumenten auf die Einhaltung von Mindeststandards verpflichtet werden?

Ferenschild, Sabine; Körzell, Stefan; Silberhorn, Thomas - In: ifo Schnelldienst 69 (2016) 01, pp. 3-11

Im Oktober 2014 wurde das Bündnis für nachhaltige Textilien von Vertretern der Wirtschaft, Zivilgesellschaft, Standardorganisationen und Gewerkschaften gegründet, um soziale, ökologische und ökonomische Verbesserungen entlang der Textillieferkette zu erreichen. Zeichnen sich nach etwas...

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India's Free Trade Agreement with European Union

Kashif, Mohammad - 2014

For over several years, since 2007, India and the European Union (EU) have been negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA). The nation is trying to tie-up the largest trade and investment deal. It deals with the liberalisation of goods in trade, the deregulation of services, investment and...

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Vaping Solutions : An Easy Brexit Win

Snowdon, Christopher - 2021

The UK and Sweden have the lowest smoking rates in the European Union as a result of consumers switching from cigarettes to low risk nicotine products. Public Health England and other health organisations have concluded that the health risks of vaping are unlikely to exceed 5% of the risks of...

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