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Trade imbalances and multilateral trade cooperation

Marchetti, Juan; Ruta, Michele; Teh, Robert - 2012

Rising current account and merchandise trade imbalances marked the years before the global financial and economic crisis. These imbalances either contributed to or precipitated the crisis and to the extent that they create systemic risks, it is desirable that they be reduced. There are many...

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Trade and environment: What can we learn from trade policy reviews?

Lim, Aik Hoe; Mathur, Sajal; Suk, Gowoon - 2020

In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures notified to WTO. The database also includes...

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Trade policies for a circular economy: What can we learn from WTO experience?

Steinfatt, Karsten - 2020

From its initial focus on minimizing waste generation, the circular economy has evolved into a broad-based approach to make resource use more sustainable. A big part of the appeal of a circular economy is the opportunities it creates not only for resource savings and better human health and...

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Exchange rate regimes and the stability of trade policy in transition economies

Drabek, Zdenek; Brada, Josef C. - 1998

This paper examines the interplay between exchange rate regimes and policies and commercial policy in six transition economies. In all these economies the rate of protection afforded domestic industry by the exchange rate has been eroded by high rates of inflation and insufficient growth in...

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Use of currencies in international irade: Any changes in the picture?

Auboin, Marc - 2012

after the introduction of the euro and shortly after steps taken by the Chinese authorities to liberalize the use of the RMB … paper shows theoretical and practical reasons explaining the current dominance of the US dollar and the euro in the … dollar and the euro are enjoying a near-duopoly as settlement and invoicing currencies in international trade. The stability …

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Investment policies and telecommunications regimes

Drabek, Zdenek - 2001

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the GATS/Telecom Agreement. This is done by looking at the guiding principles for negotiating market access for foreign investors, by comparing the Agreement with the Telecom Agreement under NAFTA and by discussing the merits of the multilateral approach...

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A multilateral agreement on investment: Convincing the sceptics

Drabek, Zdenek - 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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The evolution of preferential trade under regional trade agreements: Has anything changed?

Acharya, Rohini; Parajuli, Thakur - 2025

This paper examines the evolution of global merchandise trade, between 2010 and 2022, assessing the share of imports subject to regional trade agreements (RTAs). A key question for us is whether the share of merchandise trade subject to preferences has kept pace with the proliferation in RTAs....

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The future of global value chains and the role of the WTO

Dadush, Uri - 2022

Disruptions to global value chains (GVCs) - caused by conflicts, natural disasters, and accidents that close transport routes - and that affect specific regions or sectors, are not unusual. However, in recent years and amid the Covid-19 pandemic, they have become more frequent and severe. High...

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Regulatory disciplines on the mobility of service professionals: Lessons from Regional Trade Agreements

Carzaniga, Antonia Giulia; Sharma, Swati - 2022

When it comes to services traded through the international movement of individuals (mode 4), Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have increasingly adopted trade-facilitating disciplines that both build upon and innovate the GATS framework. By analysing relevant provisions of RTAs, we are able to...

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