There are essentially two types of plurilateral trade agreements (PAs) among WTO Members, an exclusive and an open … discussions. This article takes a sceptical view, since any such PA would need to be agreed by consensus among all 160-odd WTO … treaty frameworks, as "WTO-extra" understandings. …

after its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2001. In this period China has significantly reduced … it the country notifying the second largest number of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) to the WTO after the United …

-Analyse werden daher Studien untersucht, welche Politikfolgen der laufenden WTO-Verhandlungen (Doha-Runde) simuliert haben. Als …

framed by WTO rules. Furthermore, the US cannot unilaterally take action that contravenes another WTO Member's rights under … WTO agreements without going through the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body. Most strikingly, the US is accusing China of … war is likely to delegitimize the WTO and its current functions in regulating trade, lead to economic slow-down, and even …

implications of membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Em-ploying robust difference-in-difference specifications as well … as semi-parametric methods, we find that countries joining the WTO experience a decline in revenues from import duties … taxes. Although triggered by WTO accession, the shift towards consumption taxes, in particular to VAT, typically takes place …

of bilateral free trade agreements exhibits significant short- and long-run distortion reducing effects. By contrast, WTO …

free trade agreements exhibits significant short- and long-run distortion reducing effects. By contrast, WTO's Uruguay …

In this paper, we provide some descriptive statistics of the first twenty years of the WTO (World Trade Organization …) dispute settlement. The database used in this paper was assembled by the authors and has been publicly available (http://globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/wto … parties, as well as the WTO judges (panelists and Appellate Body members); and, finally, information regarding the subject …