the "coherence gap" in global governance. This paper examines the contribution that the WTO can make in its three areas of … to them, including exchange rate misalignments. First, market opening efforts in services, including in the area of …-up of unsustainable imbalances. Second, in the context of a broad international effort to coordinate macroeconomic, exchange …

make resource use more sustainable. A big part of the appeal of a circular economy is the opportunities it creates not only … designed and implemented with the goals of a circular economy in mind. Doing so would bolster the role of trade in scaling up … contribution of trade to a circular economy, not least by: (i) improving their collective understanding of how trade interacts with …

In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee …, the relevant sectors involved, and the types of instruments which are most frequently used to pursue environmental …

access for ACP economies will only last until 1 January 2008. After that date, it will be replaced by a string of Economic … Partnership Agreements meant to progressively liberalise trade in a reciprocal way. The progressive removal of barriers to trade … is expected to result in the establishment of Free Trade Agreements between the EU and ACP regional groups in accordance …

This paper gives insights into the possible trade creating effects of service trade liberalization via Mode 4. In … particular we expect that temporary movements of persons, like permanent movements, have the potential to reduce transaction … the United States and using a gravity model of trade, we find significantly positive effects of temporary movements of …

This paper analyses the possible gains from regional and multilateral liberalization of financial services trade for … African countries taking into account the implications of such liberalization for financial regulation and capital account … COMESA) and discusses the existing GATS commitments of the relevant countries with respect to financial services. Although …

This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges for Southern and Eastern African ACP countries of services … negotiations in the context of European Partnership Agreements. The paper provides an overview of existing flows in services from … and to Southern and Eastern Africa, an overview that suffers from the paucity of relevant data. Given the significant …

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an integral part of many companies' business strategy. A detailed … analysis of 579 RTAs, including 305 agreements currently in force and notified to the WTO (as of December 2020), reveals that a … limited but increasing number of RTAs, namely 65 agreements, refer explicitly to CSR. These CSR-related provisions are …

complemented by other sources, this paper provides an in-depth analysis of global merchandise trade flows under both MFN and …, additional duties in the US and China, and the utilization of trade preferences by incorporating preferential tariffs and … bilateral trade flows for 184 economies. The research highlights the nuanced effects of MFN trade across different economies …

It has become increasingly common to produce goods in a number of geographically dispersed stages linked by … specialization", has important implications for the analysis of nontariff measures (NTMs) and trade facilitation. First, different … types of NTMs or trade facilitation issues are naturally associated with different stages in the movement of goods …