Showing 1 - 10 of 10,069
In a series of papers published during the past few years, World Bank economists have provided detailed projections by simulating the possible outcomes of the Doha Round negotiations. The projections have been obtained by using the LINKAGE Model, which is considered to be a global dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005464876
agriculture (market approach and internal support). It is expected that Doha round of WTO negotiations should result with a … significant improvement in reduction of tradedistortion support. Serbia is in the process of joining the WTO and is intensively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011039104
the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294845
Geistige Eigentumsrechte gewinnen in Zuge der Globalisierung eine immer grössere Bedeutung. Neue Produktionstechniken, schnellere Kommunikationswege und nicht zuletzt die rasante Entwicklung der neuen Medien erleichtern zunehmend Imitationen, Kopien und Piraterie. Im Jahre 1995 wurde mit der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296381
Most of the large tariff reductions achieved in multilateral tradenegotiations have involved tariff-cutting formulas such as the Swissformula. However, wide variations in initial tariff rates between activeparticipants call for new approaches under the Doha Development Agenda.This paper surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325032
manipulate both international and domestic prices of resources, yet this policy is largely outside the disciplines of the WTO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326795
WTO in promoting and legitimizing the rules-based multilateral trading system rests, to a large extent, on maintaining … effective relations with civil society, including non-governmental organisations. This paper provides an overview of the WTO …. Second, it deals with how the WTO engages with civil society and illustrates how this has evolved over time. Third, it looks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326817
Antidumping (AD) petitions are often withdrawn in favor of VERs and price undertakings. We compare foreign firms' incentive to engage in foreign direct investment (FDI) under a VER and a price undertaking, with special emphasis on foreign rivalry. We show that a VER is less likely to induce FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332301
featured in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) contribute to reducing trade costs. Inclusion of such provisions in RTAs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607853
policy & regulations; economic infrastructure; building productive capacity; and trade-related adjustment. The WTO … WTO has been focusing on women with the aim of building their capacity to trade and using trade as a tool for their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011418