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Peeling away the layers : impacts of durable tariff elimination
Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Henn, Christian - 2018
We demonstrate that durable MFN tariff elimination affects trade patterns through several layers, and magnitudes of effects are sizable. The WTO Information Technology Agreement's (ITA) unique setting allows us to overcome the challenges associated with identifying effects of non-discriminatory...
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Impact of implementation of digital trade facilitation on trade costs
Duval, Yann; Utoktham, Chorthip; Kravchenko, Alexey - 2018
different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of measures to ensure compliance with the World Trade Organization …
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The most favoured nation and non-discrimination provisions in international trade law and the OECD codes of liberalisation
Odio, Andrea Marín - 2020
Increasing moves away from multilateralism have created a fragmented trade and investment scenario where economies progressively combine the application of restrictive unilateral actions with bilateral and regional preferences. The application of, and exceptions to, the non-discrimination...
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Sustainable development impact of trade and investment liberalization in Asia and the Pacific
Narayanan, Badri; Duval, Yann; Kravchenko, Alexey; … - 2017
Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As...
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Trade facilitation measures under free trade agreements : are they discriminatory against non-members?
Yamanaka, Shintarō; Tafgar, Aiken; Lazaro, Dorothea - 2010
Are trade facilitation measures under free trade agreements (FTAs) discriminatory? This important question has yet to be sufficiently explored by the existing literature on trade facilitation. Despite the multilateral scope and non-discriminatory objectives of trade facilitation measures, some...
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Multilateralism and regionalism from an American perspective : parallels and contrasts with the Langhammer vision
Hufbauer, Gary Clyde - 2013
facing the world trading order, and proposes possible ways out of the persistent impasse. Hufbauer argues that the success of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009719569
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Multilateralism and regionalism from an American perspective : parallels and contrasts with the Langhammer vision
Hufbauer, Gary Clyde - 2012
facing the world trading order, and proposes possible ways out of the persistent impasse. Hufbauer argues that the success of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683312
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Key Features and Application of the Most Favoured Nation Principle (MFN) under the GATT/WTO Law
Emeasoba, Gabriel Uchechi - 2021
This article argues that although the Most Favoured Nations principle is a hallowed cornerstone of the GATT/WTO Law, its application in practice, with all the available exceptions, does not really appear to provide a level playing field for all nations, as the principle promises
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Trade Policy Under the Gatt/Wto : Empirical Evidence of the Equal Treatment Rule
Bown, Chad P. - 2004
A fundamental difference between multilateral trade agreements like the GATT and WTO and a preferential agreement is the multilateral agreements' inclusion of a most-favoured-nation principle. Though MFN requires that members implement policies that provide equal treatment to all GATT/WTO...
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Chapter 1. The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy
Bown, C.P.; Crowley, M.A. - 2016
represented 83% of the world's population and 91% of the world's GDP in 2013. We address five questions: Do some countries have …, how liberalized is world trade? Our analysis documents the extent of cross-sectional heterogeneity in applied commercial … policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy. …
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