The results of liberalization studies can be influenced decisively by the methodology of import tariff aggregation …

WTO negotiations deal predominantly with bound - besides applied - tariff rates. But, how can reductions in tariffs …

WTO negotiations deal predominantly with bound - besides applied - tariff rates. But, how can reductions in tariffs …

This paper examines the impact of telecommunications liberalization in Africa on both sectoral performance and economic … growth. Besides unilateral measures, we account for WTO commitments fostering the credibility of reforms. Actual regulatory … reflect recent reforms. However, at the global level, adherence to the WTO Reference Paper entails lower prices. …

substantial benefits that may be associated with the liberalization of services trade, the GATS has obviously not yet lived up to … ambitious expectations. For example, on average across all WTO Members, only one-third of all services sectors have been … regimes and, thus, potentially higher gains from liberalization than in merchandise trade, to undertake or envisage …

'old' Members and countries negotiating their accession to the WTO.) Given the broad reach of of the Agreement in terms of …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on …

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General …:2); (ii) "multilateralization" of the GPA; (iii) the reactivation of work in the (currently inactive) WTO Working Group …

agricultural trade for which the WTO Agreement on Agriculture provides a framework.... …