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International Trade in Travel and Tourism Services : Economic Impact and Policy Responses during the COVID-19 Crisis

World Trade Organization - 2020

In this paper, we investigate tourism-related policy approaches that WTO member countries adopted in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. We highlight the need for stakeholders to coordinate their responses in order to mitigate the negative crisis effects and better prepare the sector for the...

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A Multilateral Agreement on Investment : Convincing the Sceptics

World Trade Organization - 1998

Much has been recently written about the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) that has been negotiated by OECD countries. Perhaps even more has been said by the critics of those who would like to see an agreement of this kind extended among other countries. There has indeed been a great...

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Cross-Border Mobility, COVID-19 and Global Trade

World Trade Organization - 2020

A new information note published by the WTO Secretariat highlights how trade in goods and services has been affected by temporary border closures and travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Trade Costs in the Time of Global Pandemic

World Trade Organization - 2020

The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note warning of possible increases to trade costs due to COVID-19 disruptions. The note examines the pandemic’s impact on key components of trade costs, particularly those relating to travel and transport, trade policy, uncertainty, and...

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Making globalization more inclusive : lessons from experience with adjustment policies

Bacchetta, Marc (ed.); Milet, Emmanuel (ed.); … - World Trade Organization - 2019

Policies aimed at helping workers adjust to the impact of trade or technological changes can provide a helping hand to the workforce and increase the benefits of open trade and new technologies. This publication contributes to the discussion on how governments can help make international trade...

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Making trade work for the environment, prosperity and resilience

World Trade Organization; UNEP - 2018

economic and social prosperity. This new co-publication by the World Trade Organization and UN Environment illustrates how …

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Global value chain development report 2019 : technological innovation, supply chain trade, and workers in a globalized world

World Trade Organization - 2017

This report takes stock of the evolution of global value chains (GVCs) in light of technological developments, such as robotics, big data and the Internet of Things. It discusses how these technologies are reshaping GVCs and examines the effect of these changes on labor markets in developed and...

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Does Globalization Cause a Higher Concentration of International Trade and Investment Flows?

World Trade Organization - 1998

It has sometimes been argued that "globalization" benefits only a small number of countries, and that this leads to … greater marginalization of excluded countries. This paper argues that globalization is not necessarily biased towards greater …, marginalization is not intrinsic to globalization. Key Words: Globalization, international trade and investment flows concentration. …

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COVID-19 and Global Value Chains : A Discussion of Arguments on Value Chain Organization and the Role of the WTO

World Trade Organization - 2021

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a discussion among researchers and policy makers about changes to global value chains, both about expected changes and changes that should be promoted by government policies. In this paper we conduct an in-depth analysis of the reasons...

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Global value chains in a changing world

Elms, Deborah K. (contributor); Low, Patrick (contributor) - 2013

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