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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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Adjustment and Performance of the Textile and Clothing Industry in the Czech Republic, Poland and Portugal

Benacek, Vladimir; Caban, Wieslaw; Corado, Cristina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

We discuss the restructuring of the textile and clothing industry in two East European countries. The paper compares the industry there with that in Portugal. Even though this study is only concerned with one particular industry, it reveals how wide and intensive the problems of transition are....

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Who Profits from Trade Facilitation Initiatives?

Hoekman, Bernard; Shepherd, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation—measures to reduce the overall costs of the international movement of goods. From an equity perspective an important question is how those benefits are distributed across and within...

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Accession to the World Trade Organization and Tariff Evasion

Javorcik, Beata; Narciso, Gaia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This study documents some unintended consequences of the WTO membership by providing evidence on displacement of tariff … evasion driven by the WTO accession process. We argue that implementation of Article VII of the GATT resulted in limiting … discretion of customs officials in terms of assessing unit values of goods. While prior to the WTO accession, officials were free …

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Optimal Tariffs: The Evidence

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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Reducing Agriculture Tariffs Versus Domestic Support: What's More Important for Developing Countries?

Hoekman, Bernard; Ng, Francis; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

High levels of protection and domestic support for farmers in developed countries significantly affect many least developed countries (LDCs), both directly and through the price-depressing effect of agricultural support policies. High tariffs and domestic support may also lower the world price...

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Trade Agreements and Enforcement: Evidence from WTO Dispute Settlement

Bown, Chad P.; Reynolds, Kara M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

theory guides our empirical assessment. We use instrumental variables to estimate the model on trade volume outcomes from WTO …

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Developing Country Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda

Anderson, Kym; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

A new round of WTO negotiations on agriculture, services and perhaps some other issues is expected to be launched in …

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Which International Institutions Promote International Trade?

Rose, Andrew K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

: 1) the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor the Generalized Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); 2) the … indicate that OECD membership (but neither GATT/WTO nor IMF membership) has had a consistently large positive effect on trade. …

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Formula Approaches for Market Access Negotiations

Francois, Joseph; Martin, Will - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Most of the large tariff reductions achieved in multilateral trade negotiations have involved tariff-cutting formulas such as the ‘Swiss’ formula. Wide variations in initial tariff rates between active participants, however, call for new approaches under the Doha Development Agenda. This...

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