This paper discusses the role that trade can potentially play in both negotiating and operating a post Kyoto/post 2012 … global climate policy regime. As an addition to the bargaining set for a global climate negotiation, trade in principle … global climate regime. The reverse is also true, that in a linked climate-trade-finance global policy coordination structure …

This paper assesses the impacts of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) on trade in both goods and services … trade in goods and 1999-2008 for trade in services. The agreement dates from 1996 and covers 41 (mainly OECD) countries … in the earlier GATT procurement code. Government service markets are large, and trade in these also has spillover effects …

This paper presents numerical simulation results that suggest that China can both reduce its trade imbalance and … switching is thus a possibility for China to receive a double benefit, rebalancing trade with a welfare gain. This has … implications for present G20 discussions on finding ways to adjust global trade imbalances. Under a destination principle, imports …

effective in preventing contract violation up to a critical level of absorptive capacity. We relate this to the US Trade …

Preferential liberalization of trade in services is a central feature of the new regionalism. "GATS-Plus" and "GATS … different effect of the "GATS-Plus" and "GATS-Minus" components of RTAs on the service trade . The results of the empirical … "service" RTA) can increase the bilateral service trade between the trading-pairs significantly. (2) almost all the "GATS …

. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing … trade costs shifts from the market share losses brought by PI from the more to the less productive firm. This induces the …

effective in preventing contract violation up to a critical level of absorptive capacity. We relate this to the US Trade …

absence in Kyoto of compliance/enforcement mechanisms, and growing linkage to non-climate change areas (principally trade) all …