International trade in agriculture is growing rapidly under the auspices of the WTO. Within agriculture, a recent … contentious issue relates to trade in genetically modified foods and crops. This paper examines a variety of issues associated …

China’s forthcoming accession to the WTO involves reforms across a wide range of sectors in China, both in directly … trade-related sectors and behind the border. The implications of these reforms are greatly influenced by the starting point …

Organization (WTO) members to liberalize trade multilaterally, they need to be convinced that there will be sufficient gains from …If South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are to become constructively engaged in the next attempt by World Trade … trade reform to warrant the inevitable costs of negotiation and adjustment. This paper provides new estimates of the likely …

We provide economic backgrounds to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures under the World Trade …

June 23rd 2000. A point of this agreement is regarding a new trade cooperation between these different countries in … intervening in the context of globalisation, the multilateral trade liberalization, the regionalization, the renewal of regional …A new cooperation Agreement has been signed between the European Union and the 77 ACP Countries in Cotonou (Benin) on …

economies during the 1990s. We find that WTO membership had little impact on trade openness, FDI and growth, but a positive … constraints to domestic reforms which would, ultimately, generate greater trade openness, FDI inflows and economic growth. These …

the WTO can act as a credible commitment device. In these circumstances, however, the South’s commitment to free trade …A signalling game involving three parties: a developing country, the WTO and a developed country is outlined. The … developing country might be tempted to renege or deviate from free trade. Although the costs of reneging from free trade result …

This paper discusses the challenges confronting developing countries seeking to use WTO negotiations to promote their … outcome is a significant reduction in barriers to trade in goods and services. This will have a much greater beneficial impact … help to enhance the development-relevance of the WTO. …

With the help of a simple model of production and trade, we examine the differential impact of tariff escalation on … lobbying activity in that country can slow the pace of liberalization of service sector trade. …

We develop a partial equilibrium, sequential model of trade negotiation between an OECD country and two developing … point to various lobbying activities which can influence the trade negotiator and contribute to the confusion and …