reciprocity that have to be met in order to realize greater fairness in multilateral trade negotiations. Next, we comment on …We first provide a brief critique of the utilitarian principle as a guide to fairness in the world trading system. We … then turn to the alternative conception of fairness in terms of economic equity, exploring the meaning of its two …

framework of the multilateral trading system. We then provide an overview of concepts of fairness in trade agreements … trade agreements from the standpoint of fairness, drawing on the example of the U.S. bilateral FTA negotiated in 2005 with …In this paper, we first describe the characteristics of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that are the basis of the …

I provide novel evidence for the impact of trade policy uncertainty on exporters. In a dynamic, heterogeneous firms … model, trade policy uncertainty will delay the entry of exporters into new markets and make them less responsive to applied … tariff reductions. Policy instruments that reduce or eliminate uncertainty, such as binding trade policy commitments at the …

We construct a new linked data set with over one thousand offshoring events by matching Trade Adjustment Assistance …

trade with a large capital-abundant economy, can be induced to shift resources into more capital-intensive production than … internationally mobile, both an increase in its capital stock and an increase in trade. These results arise in a model in which both a …

We first discuss what fairness may mean in the context of the dispute settlement process, noting the crucial relation … between fairness in dispute settlement and the functioning of the trading system as a whole. We explore this relation further … domestic regulatory measures and the trade-related norms and rules of the WTO. There follows an analysis of experience with …

In this study, we use the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade to analyze the economic welfare effects of APEC … free trade, unilateral free trade for individual APEC members, and global free trade for all countries/regions covered in … sectors in each country/region. Nineteen APEC members are covered. The computational results suggest that APEC free trade …

should respond to this, including increased use and improvement of programs of trade adjustment assistance. …