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concessions given and received by 36 WTO Members in 40 services PTAs. Results reveal the presence of reciprocity at the product …
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regional trade agreements (RTAs) that had been notified to the WTO by November 2010. IP provisions in RTAs have been the … commonly studied RTAs, to make an initial review of the full array of RTAs notified to the WTO, and in that way to lay the … trend is the acceleration in the conclusion of RTAs with IP provisions after the creation of the WTO and the entry into …
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The study tries first to assess the extent of similarities and divergences among services rules in regional trade agreements as compared to the GATS. To do so, it uses a typology identifying variations in 48 key provisions structured under seven themes commonly found in RTAs and using the GATS...
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There are essentially two types of plurilateral trade agreements (PAs) among WTO Members, an exclusive and an open … discussions. This article takes a sceptical view, since any such PA would need to be agreed by consensus among all 160-odd WTO … treaty frameworks, as "WTO-extra" understandings. …
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Services have long been perceived as playing a secondary role in world trade. In particular, the role of services trade policies and multilateral services commitments often tends to be downplayed. However, in value added terms, services account for about 50% of world trade and are significant in...
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) enhance the export competitiveness of this sector (b) be WTO compliant and (c) ensure greater market access for Indian apparel …
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Jordan made substantial market access commitments as part of its WTO membership negotiations. Jordan has low average … standards in Jordan were streamlined in accordance with WTO rules. Jordan confirmed in its accession to the WTO that free zones …
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and deeper paperless trade provisions than those featured in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. A more detailed …
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PTAs are generally negotiated without any tariff concessions or transfers to non-member countries. Can such a PTA benefit the neighbors' welfare? In a two-good competitive equilibrium model in the absence of an entrepôt, a PTA without concessions to the outside will hurt the outsider's welfare...
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WTO negotiations deal predominantly with bound - besides applied - tariff rates. But, how can reductions in tariffs …
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