are based on simulations with the WTO Global trade Model which has a specific novel feature: the diffusion of ideas … leads to a 21 percentage points decrease in exports between Western and Eastern blocks from 46% to 25%; and (vi) the WTO has … that in a decoupling world, it would be essential for LDCs to continue trading with both Eastern and Western blocks. …

different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of measures to ensure compliance with the World Trade Organization … Trade Facilitation Agreement (WTO TFA) commitments, to a full set of digital trade facilitation measures. The analysis shows … that full implementation of both binding and non-binding measures in the WTO TFA is associated with an average 15% trade …

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) most recent Ministerial Conference took place last December in Nairobi, Kenya …. Opinions vary on how much was achieved, and, perhaps more importantly, where the WTO goes from here. The United States and the … European Union have emphasized that “new” issues and approaches should guide WTO negotiations in the future. But it is not …

Facilitating economic development of developing countries has become an important agenda in the world trading system …, currently represented by the World Trade Organization, will depend on bridging these gaps between developed and developing … regulatory reform to promote development in the current system. The paper also proposes organizational reform in the World Trade …

The Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Doha, Qatar, in … November 2001, launched a new round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) and a work programme (WP) for the WTO involving …

benefits and limitations of the resulting Trade Facilitation provisions. Examining the impact of the recently concluded WTO …

constraints which are also in compliance with the provisions in the recently signed WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation. The paper … of the world. …

The Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative has gained much popularity since its launch at the World Trade Organization … developing countries into the world economy. This paper contributes to the debate by analyzing AfT in a political economy context …