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Keck, Alexander; Lendle, Andreas - 2012 - Manuscript date: 16 August 2012

We analyse the degree of preference utilization in four major importing countries (Australia, Canada, EU and US) and provide evidence that preferences are more widely used than previously thought. For Australia and Canada, we have obtained a new dataset on imports by preferential regime that has...

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Antidumping regional regimes and the multilateral trading system : do regional antidumping regimes make a difference?

Rey, Jean-Daniel - 2012 - Manuscript date: October 2012

application of intra-regional, and sometimes extra-regional, antidumping actions. This study focuses on intra-regional antidumping … regimes and has been built around the analysis of antidumping provisions in 192 RTAs. This Working Paper first recalls the … RTAs, the Paper identifies two Categories of regional antidumping regimes, and assesses their relationships with the …

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Trade policy uncertainty as barrier to trade

Osnago, Alberto; Piermartini, Roberta; Rocha, Nadia - 2015 - Manuscript date: April 2015

This paper studies the effects of trade policy uncertainty on the extensive and the intensive margins of trade for a sample of 149 exporters at the HS6 digit level. We measure trade policy uncertainty as the gap between binding tariff commitments under trade agreements (multilateral and regional...

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Trade Remedy Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

World Trade Organization - 2007

This paper maps and examines the provisions on anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in seventy … members. In the case of anti-dumping for example, some provisions increase de minimis volume and dumping margin requirements … and shorten the duration for applying anti-dumping duties relative to the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement. In similar fashion …

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A commitment theory of subsidy agreements

Brou, Daniel; Ruta, Michele - 2012 - Manuscript date: September 2012

This paper examines the rationale for the rules on domestic subsidies in international trade agreements through a framework that emphasizes commitment. We build a model where the policy-maker has a tariff and a production subsidy at its disposal, taxation can be distortionary and the...

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Turning Hills into Mountains? : Current Commitments under the GATS and Prospects for Change

World Trade Organization - 2005

Over the past months, it has become increasingly clear that the services negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda will not produce significant improvements on current commitments unless major new impetus is provided. In an introductory section, this paper discusses various impediments,...

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Africa’s Integration in the WTO Multilateral Trading System : Academic Support and the Role of WTO Chairs

World Trade Organization - 2021

The Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO recognizes the need for positive efforts designed to ensure that developing countries and especially the least developed among them secure a share in the growth in international trade commensurate with the needs of their economic development.This...

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Developing countries in the WTO services negotiations

Marchetti, Juan A. - 2004 - Manuscript date: September 2004

The aim of this paper is to analyse developing countries' participation so far in the current round of services negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda. The paper analyses developing countries' negotiating positions, as evidenced by their multilateral negotiating proposals; their initial...

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Can trade policy help mobilize financial resources for economic development?

Drábek, Zdeněk; Laird, Samuel - 2001 - Manuscript date: 29 August, 2001

The linkages between trade and resource mobilization are complex and not well defined in theory. To what extent does trade policy affect resource mobilization and what are the mechanisms? We argue that trade policy is a key factor of influencing the domestic fundamental balance between aggregate...

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Services liberalization in the new generation of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) : how much further than the GATS?

Roy, Martin (contributor); Marchetti, Juan (contributor); … - 2006

This paper attempts to fill a gap in the trade literature by providing a comprehensive overview of services liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments and Doha Round offers. By developing a new database, the...

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