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Broda, Christian; Limão, Nuno; Weinstein, David E. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

The theoretical debate over whether countries can and should set tariffs in response to export elasticities goes back over a century to the writings of Edgeworth (1894) and Bickerdike (1907). Despite the optimal tariff argument's centrality in debates over trade policy, there exists no evidence...

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Trade and Foreign Direct Investment with Central and Eastern Europe: Its Impact on Spain

Gual, Jordi; Martín, Carmela - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

-intensive industries, which will confront export displacement in third (EU) markets and some foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion … take place.The evolution of trade flows will, of course, be contingent upon developments in FDI. Most FDI in Spain in …, suppliers, and infrastructure). The comparatively small part of FDI which has been attracted by relatively low unit labour costs …

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Textiles and Clothing Trade with Central and Eastern Europe: Impact on Members of the EC

Corado, Cristina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper discusses the Europe Agreements, implicit trade preferences given to the Central and East European countries (CEECs) and their impact on European Community (EC) members. As expected, South European countries compete in the same range of products and in a more similar quality market...

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Integration, Trade Policy and European Footwear Trade

Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

This paper constructs a simulation model of the EC footwear market with which to consider the effects of EC trade policies. It examines the Southern enlargement of the EC, the quotas imposed on Korean and Taiwanese sales - initially in France and Italy and subsequently, in line with the `1992'...

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Multilateral Trade Cooperation: What Next?

Hoekman, Bernard; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper first briefly describes the role of the WTO and its history. It then lays out a simple bargaining model of … number of systemic questions that confront WTO members. A key question is whether the WTO should concentrate primarily on …

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Will the Doha Round Lead to Preference Erosion?

Amiti, Mary; Romalis, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries. It shows that for many developing countries, actual preferential access is less generous than it appears because of low product coverage or complex rules of origin. Thus lowering...

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How Can South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Gain from the Next WTO Round

Anderson, Kym; Yao, Shunli - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Organization (WTO) members to liberalize trade multilaterally, they need to be convinced that there will be sufficient gains from …

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Social Policy Dimensions of Economic Integration: Environmental and Labour Standards

Anderson, Kym - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

new World Trade Organization (WTO). Many developing countries perceive the entwining of these social issues with trade … examines why these issues are becoming more prominent, whether the WTO is an appropriate forum to discuss them, and how they …

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The Trade Strategy of the European Union: Time for a Rethink?

Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

clout in international commercial negotiations. Yet, since the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) creation in 1995, it is …, with many questioning what can feasibly be accomplished at the WTO in the near to medium term. A 2006 EC decision to …-polar WTO; recognition of the fact that the principal liberalising accomplishment to date of the multilateral trading system has …

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Disintegration

Djankov, Simeon; Freund, Caroline - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We study the effects of trade barriers and the persistence of past linkages on trade flows in the former Soviet Union (FSU). Estimating a gravity equation on 1987-1996 trade among and between nine Russian regions and fourteen FSU republics, we find that Russian regions traded 60 percent more...

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