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Globalisation, the Environment and Sustainability: EKC, Neo-Malthusian Concerns and the WTO

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2001

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Addressing New Service Sectors in WTO/FTAs: Express Delivery and India

Mukherjee, Arpita; Goswami, Ramneet; Pal, Parthapratim - eSocialSciences - 2010

complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go … both in the WTO and through bilateral/regional agreements. In this context, this paper examines how new service sectors … like express delivery services (EDS) are addressed in WTO/FTAs and its implications for India. [Working Paper 251] …

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Agricultural Trade and the Doha Round: Lessons from Commodity Studies

Beghin, John; Aksoy, Ataman - Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute … - 2003

negotiating countries in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. The studies provide a sharper …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786108

Global Agricultural Liberalization: An In-Depth Assessment of What Is At Stake

Beghin, John; Mensbrugghe, Dominique van der - Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute … - 2004

We use the global LINKAGE model to assess the impact of trade and support policies in agriculture on income, trade, and output patterns. We provide order-of-magnitude estimates of the impacts of policy changes rather than point estimates. Two sets of simulations are used to identify key drivers...

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Agricultural Trade and the Doha Round: Lessons from Commodity Studies

Beghin, John; Aksoy, Ataman - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2003

negotiating countries in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. The studies provide a sharper …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786232

Rethinking Agricultural Domestic Support under the World Trade Organization

Hart, Chad; Beghin, John - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2004

Organization (WTO), the discipline of agricultural domestic support. The paper examines the current definition of agricultural … domestic support used by the WTO, focusing on the Aggregate Measure of Support (AMS) and other forms of support that are less …

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How Much "Safety" Is Available under the U.S. Proposal to the WTO?

Babcock, Bruce Alan; Hart, Chad - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2005

Critics of the U.S. proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) made in October 2005 are correct when they argue … revenue targeting if they see that the current system is untenable in an era of tight federal budgets and WTO limits. …

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Understanding Grades and Standards: and how to apply them

Giovannucci, Daniele; Reardon, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

With the expanding globalization of trade, grades and standards help to set the ‘rules of the game’ and their implications for developing countries are becoming increasingly relevant. While they are clearly important to trade, their formation and utilization is also undergoing a shift from...

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Adjusting the structure of international trade and its effects on the economic growth of Kazakhstan

Lee, Jung-Wan; Tai, Simon W. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 1 (2008) 4, pp. 355-372

This study analyses the contribution of international trade to the economic growth of Kazakhstan, examines relationships between the structure of international trade and the national economic growth, and considers the compatibility of international trade (globalisation) with regional economic...

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Incorporating labour standards in trade agreements: protectionist ploy or legitimate trade policy issue?

Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 1 (2008) 4, pp. 373-391

The relationship between labour standards in developing countries and trade flows has become a major trade policy issue with efforts in some developed countries to have labour standards provisions included in multilateral and regional trade agreements. This has been fiercely resisted by...

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