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The WTO and Beyond
The Political Economy of the World Trading System is a comprehensive textbook account of the economics, institutional mechanics and politics of the wo...
From GATT to WTO
Understanding the reach and relevance of the organization is therefore important, and requires an interdisciplinary approach. Few countries allow unfe...
Law, Economics, and Politics
Part of the 'Global Institutions' series, this book is of interest to students of commercial law, international trade, international political economy...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of the most important international organizations in existence today. It contains a set of disciplines that ...
A Handbook
Publisher's description: Developing countries are increasingly confronted with the need to address trade policy related issues in international agreem...
A Survey
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Good Practices and the World Trade Organization
World Bank Discussion Paper No. 282. The establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations has greatl...
Stylized Facts and Research Findings
"The substantial literature investigating the links between trade, trade policy, and labor market outcomes-both returns to labor and employment-has ge...
Abstract: June 1999 - Is there a strong case for developing countries to support the creation of a multilateral agreement on investment? Probably not....
Toward a New Approach in the World Trade Organization
The authors discuss optio ......
The creation of the World Trade Organization (1995) ushered in a new era in world trading arrangements. This text explains how the WTO functions, and ...
Abstract: May 1999 - Preferential trade agreements that are limited to the elimination of tariffs for merchandise trade flows are of limited value at ...
Since the early 1990s numerous countries have adopted or strengthened competition legislation. Kee and Hoekman investigate the impact of competition l...
A Selective Survey
The issue of SDT has become very topical again, following a period during which it was viewed as an outdated concept for the multilateral trading syst...
Abstract: May 1999 - In the new round of World Trade Organization talks expected in late 1999, negotiations about access to agricultural and services ...
On the EU and WTO as Commitment Mechanisms
"The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has a role to play in strengthening the global trading system for development, primarily by lowering barriers to tr...
At the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Doha, Qatar, WTO members called for the launch of negotiations on disciplines rela...
Developing countries have a great interest in pursuing active domestic competition policy but should do so independent of the World Trade Organization...
Unilateral and Multilateral Policy Options
Abstract: Since the mid 1980s a substantial amount of research has been undertaken on trade in services. Much of this is inspired by the World Trade O...
A Developing Country Perspective
"While very diverse in many respects, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries nevertheless also share some common characteristics, including...
What's More Important for Developing Countries?
High levels of protection and domestic support for farmers in industrial countries significantly affect many developing countries, both directly and t...
From GATT to the WTO
Why Dispute Settlement is Not Enough
Abstract: Poor countries are rarely challenged in formal World Trade Organization trade disputes for failing to live up to commitments, reducing the b...
Motivated by discussions at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on multilateral disciplines with respect to competition law, Hoekman and Saggi develop ...
The authors study whether political campaign contributions influence agricultural protection in the United States in the manner suggested by the polit...
From Trade as Aid to Aid for Trade
Trade preferences are a central issue in ongoing efforts to negotiate further multilateral trade liberalization. "Less preferred" countries are increa...
How Much? How Fast? Where? : Preliminary Evidence from Trade Data
Trade Opportunities and Challenges for Arab Countries
DIVExamines important issues in trade in and among nations in the Middle East and North America /div...
Between Hope and Reality
A Brookings Institution Press and the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) publication Improving the economic performance of Arab countries is ...
Many developing countries are pursuing regulatory reform and liberalization. To what extent will signing the General Agreement on Trade an Services he...
The European Union's Mediterranean Free Trade Initiative
The effects on national welfare and market access of two important public procurement practices (discrimination and non-transparency) are analyzed wit...
The decision not to launch negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on three of the Singapore Issues in the so-called July 2004 package prov...