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Subsidies and the Fair Trade movement are two topics central to reflection on fairness in trade. A common view is that support for Fair Trade is called for, whereas agricultural subsidies are unjustifiable. Yet there are curious similarities between these scenarios. On the face of it, both...
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ad valorem subsidy. Second, the 1984 imposition of more rigorous requirements for obtaining tax benefits through Foreign …
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In an effort to stimulate trade, has Canada conducted regular trade missions starting in 1994, often led by the Prime Minister. According the Canada, these mission have led to tens of billions of dollars in new business deals. This paper uses multilateral trade data and a gravity equation to...
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This contribution examines the degree of policy space the WTO leaves its Members to support export credits for non-agricultural goods. In the light of existing case law, it illustrates that export credit support offered by export credit agencies that aims at complementing the private trade...
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mechanism to lift national welfare through enhancing aggregate industry productivity where export subsidy can serve as an … tactic which arouses competition among firms for export subsidy. Notably, redistribution of collected taxes for rewarding … liberalization than other industries. In this case, export subsidy as an incentive scheme can be a solution for enhancing aggregate …
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Given that countervailing duties and import tariffs are set in different ways and for different purposes, I re-examine the relationship between countervailing duties, foreign export subsidies and import tariffs under imperfect competition. I find that (i) the optimal countervailing duty depends...
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This paper evaluates the impact of two export finance support schemes, the Export Finance Scheme and the Long-Term Finance Facility for Plant and Machinery on firm-level export performance in Pakistan. These policies offer loans to exporters at concessionary interest rates to finance short-term...
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This paper examines the optimality of export subsidies in oligopolistic markets, when home and foreign fires have different costs and there is an opportunity cost to public funds. Subsidies are found to be optimal only for surprisingly lou values of the shadow price of government funds and, if...
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