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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The WTO's plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement ("the GPA" or "the Agreement") is an important ongoing … widely used in other WTO Agreements. Apart from the above, the GPA revision is important for the merging of trade and good … participating WTO Member governments. …