Balistreri, Edward J. - 2016
The accession negotiations of Belarus to the WTO are unusual since, due to its obligations in the Eurasian Economic … Union, WTO accession is not expected to impact its tariffs or formerly substantial trade distorting agricultural subsidies …. Nonetheless, we estimate that WTO accession will increase welfare by 8.8 percent in Belarus. We show that inclusion of (i) foreign …