additionally fosters 'third-market competition', which contests the profits of old members' exporters. Governments of economies … affected by third-market competition hence strategically delay WTO accession negotiations to prolong tariff and quota rents not … affected most by Chinese export competition have indeed been problematic negotiators in the 15 years lasting bargaining process …

firms? And in the European context, have key elements of the EU strategy such as EMU and enlargement helped or hindered … competition drives less productive firms out the market, thereby increasing average productivity as well as reducing average … located in participating economies. Enlargement has, instead, two contrasting effects. It improves the accessibility of EU …