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(GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent …This paper analyses the results of the financial services negotiations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services … of competition was not deemed feasible, not much advantage has been taken of the GATS to lend credibility to …
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telecom regimes of selected Asian countries, and of the commitments these countries made in the recent GATS negotiations. The … paper explores the reasons why governments have taken advantage of the GATS negotiations to make multilateral market … of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in this process. It begins by explaining the working of the GATS as …
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The general and specific obligations undertaken under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) by Members in … under an agreement. Art. XIV GATS follows the model of Art. XX GATT 1994, and given that the case law relating to Art. XIV … GATS is still in its infant stage, WTO adjudicating bodies have recourse to precedents developed under Art. XX GATT 1994 …
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. However, generally international negotiations are complicated and long and bargaining agreements are often unsatisfying. The … Doha-Development Agenda negotiations can be taken as a prime example to show the difficulties in international conflict … first step, the negotiations on export subsidies are analyzed, as it is the most progressed negotiation area within …
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The World Trade Organization's (WTO) most recent Ministerial Conference took place last December in Nairobi, Kenya … European Union have emphasized that “new” issues and approaches should guide WTO negotiations in the future. But it is not … negotiations, such as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), there are …
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the context of the negotiations leading to and during the GATT period up to the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, and some … of its implications for WTO negotiations. The paper reviews documents emanating from past trade negotiations, including … minutes and reports of meetings, Members' submissions, draft and final texts from negotiations, as well as background notes by …
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Market access negotiations in merchandise trade at the multilateral level cover tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs … negotiations in trade in goods. However, most NTMs are now the subject to negotiations on the rules under which they may be applied …
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Krugman (1991, 1997) argues that international trade negotiations are based on mercantilist rules. Bhagwati (1988, 1995 …) highlights how nations are obsessed with reciprocity in their bargaining. Based on studying the trade negotiations process and … support for the "hegemon hypothesis:" to help maintain the world trading system, large countries tend to give more net …
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multilateral trading order. The article analyses the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations during the Uruguay …
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The paper aims at understanding the structural features of the bargaining coalitions in the Doha Round of the WTO. We provide an empirical assessment of the preferences of each negotiating actor looking at general economics indicators, development levels, structure of the agricultural sectors,...
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