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Has the Multilateral Hong Kong Ministerial Decision on Duty Free Quota Free Market Access Provided a Breakthrough in the Least-Developed Countries' Export Performance?
World Trade Organization - 2016
) market access for products originating in Least developed countries (LDCs) on the latter's export performance. The analysis … a positive effect on LDCs' export performance on primary products; the average effect on manufacturing exports has been … statistically nil. In the short and medium term, this decision has exerted a positive effect on LDCs' merchandise export performance …
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
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Reduced time at customs through implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) would be a significant boost to intra-African trade for AfCFTA countries
De Melo, Jaime; Sorgho, Zakaria; Wagner, Laurent - 2023
All WTO members participate in the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), a rules-based bottom-up approach built on monitorable provisions (e.g. the publication of information, advance rulings, appeal or review of decisions, transparency, and border agency cooperation) aimed at reducing time in...
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Has the multilateral Hong Kong Ministerial decision on duty free quota free market access provided a breakthrough in the Least developed countries' export performance?
Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm; Priyadarshi, Shishir - 2016
) market access for products originating in Least developed countries (LDCs) on the latter's export performance. The analysis … a positive effect on LDCs' export performance on primary products; the average effect on manufacturing exports has been … statistically nil. In the short and medium term, this decision has exerted a positive effect on LDCs' merchandise export performance …
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Competing liberalizations : tariffs and trade in the 21st century
Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Guimbard, Houssein; Jean, … - 2016
This paper proposes a unique overview of trade policies trends since the launch of the Doha Round, based on detailed data on tariffs and trade covering 130 countries. We show that regionalism has delivered limited effective liberalization so far, leading to only a 0.3 percentage point (p.p.) cut...
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Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives? : implications for African countries
Hoekman, Bernard M.; Shepherd, Benjamin - In: Journal of African trade : official journal of the … 2 (2015) 1/2, pp. 51-70
Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from measures to facilitate trade - reduce trade costs - for African countries in particular. However, concerns have been expressed by policymakers regarding the distribution of the benefits and costs of trade...
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An Appraisal of Developing Country Coalition Strategy in the WTO Doha Round Agriculture Negotiations
Oduwole, Jumoke - 2013
Recently, it has become apparent to developing countries in the WTO that their limited bargaining power has, in fact, been a stumbling block to obtaining desired negotiation outcomes in the multilateral trade system. Thus, to execute any fundamental changes to the status quo, there was a need to...
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What Can Least Developed Countries Really Expect from the Doha Development Agenda?
Bouët, Antoine; Laborde, David; Mevel, Simon - 2012
In November 2001, a new round of multilateral trade negotiations was launched in Doha, Qatar, with a key objective of development. Although the initiative was politically laudable, doubts arise on the economic impacts of the negotiations, in particular on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)....
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Trade liberalization and developing countries under the Doha round
Francois, Joseph F.; Meijl, Hans van; Tongeren, Frank W. van - 2003
We explore the impact of multilateral liberalization, with emphasison distributional effects across countries. We first develop a realistic base1ine that takes into account events such as the entry of China into the WTO and the enlargement of the EU, allowing us to focus on those effects that...
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Women's economic empowerment : an inherent part of Aid for Trade
Der Boghossian, Anoush - 2019 - Manuscript date: 25 April 2019
Aid for Trade supports developing and least-developed countries in building their trade capacity and in increasing their exports by turning market access opportunities into market presence. It does so by addressing four key areas: trade policy & regulations; economic infrastructure; building...
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