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United States - Anti-Dumping Measures on Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand : Report of the Panel

World Trade Organization - 2010

On 26 November 2008, Thailand requested consultations with the United States with respect to the application by the United States of the practice known as “zeroing” of negative dumping margins in the United States' determination of the margins of dumping in its anti-dumping investigation of...

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Knowledge Spillovers through International Supply Chains

World Trade Organization - 2014

Using industry-level R&D and patent data for a sample of 29 countries for the period 2000-2008, we study the importance of international supply linkages for knowledge spillovers. We find a statistically significant effect of supply chains on international knowledge spillovers. We show that...

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Why are Trade Agreements more Attractive in the Presence of Foreign Direct Investment?

World Trade Organization - 1998

This paper argues that interests of nationals and owners of home-based foreign capital in the formation of a Trade Agreements (TA) are not antagonistic, except under rather particular assumptions on initial tariffs among potential members. Further, if initial tariffs are endogenously determined...

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Trade and poverty reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region : case studies and lessons from low-income communities

Stoler, Andrew L. (contributor) - 2009

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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

International trade offers unique opportunities to help tackle mounting environmental challenges while fostering economic and social prosperity. This new co-publication by the World Trade Organization and UN Environment illustrates how trade can support action by governments, companies,...

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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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