, assuming that the agreement would eliminate all transatlantic tariffs and reduce non-tariff barriers as other deep PTAs have …

Opposing theoretical predictions on the effects of trade preferences on multilateral tariff cuts point to the need for … paper examines the impact of Japan’s trade preferences on its multi-lateral tariff reductions. Using detailed product level … data, we find that Japan’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) acted as a stumbling block for the country’s external …

phase-ins of agreements, lagged terms-of-trade effects, reverse causality, various estimation techniques, disaggregation …

bilateral measure of market access to compare tariffs applied in 1996 and 2006, which includes the timing of the Uruguay Round … and episodes of bilateral liberalization. Our econometric estimations show that the reduced tariffs imposed on emerging …

Historically, tariffs have been an attractive policy tool to protect domestic industries. The benefits of such a policy …

as tariffs, can continue to disadvantage foreign firms. We analyze the bidding strategies in such a game and show that … when domestic profits are valued, tariffs will be used to discriminate against foreign firms. Furthermore, we find that … optimal tariffs can be more protectionist than the optimal price preference, resulting in lower expected domestic welfare and …