Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
economies over 1989-2010; by 2010, these WTO member countries collectively accounted for 21 percent of world merchandise imports … responsiveness coinciding with WTO establishment in 1995 suggests a significant change relative to the pre-WTO period; i.e., new … they joined the WTO and adopted disciplines to restrain their application of other trade policies such as applied import …