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Are Preferential Trade Agreements with Non-trade Objectives a Stumbling Block for Multilateral Liberalization?
Multilateral trade negotiations regional integration cross-border externalities environment labor standards
2015/9/22
In many preferential trade agreements (PTAs) countries exchange not only reductions in trade barriers but also cooperation in non-trade issues such as labor and environmental standards, intellectual p...
Tariff Retaliation versus Financial Compensation in the Enforcement of International Trade Agreements
Dispute Settlement WTO Tariffs Monetary Fines Bonds Concessions Reciprocity Policy Coordination
2015/9/22
We analyze whether financial compensation is preferable to the current system of dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization that permits member countries to impose retaliatory tariffs in respo...
We explore conditions under which trade agreements can provide gains by reducing trade-policy uncertainty. Given the degree of income risk aversion, this is more likely when economies are more open, e...
Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements and Private Information
Trade Agreements Private Information
2015/7/15
This paper considers self-enforcing trade agreements among privately informed governments.A trade agreement that uses weak bindings (i.e., maximal tari§ levels) is shown to o§er advantages relative to...
Preferential Trade Agreements, Employment, and Productivity: Evaluating the Impacts of AGOA and its Apparel Provisions on African Firms
Preferential trade agreements employment productivity firms Africa
2014/12/26
We evaluate the impacts of AGOA eligibility and its apparel provision eligibility on firm-level employment and productivity. We used a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach to alienate coun...
DO LABOUR STANDARDS HAVE A ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE?: PRIVATE STANDARDS, PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS OR THE WTO
consumers food processing labour standards preferential trade agreements trade distortion
2014/4/11
It is now common for producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) to urge for the inclusion of labour standards in international trade agreements. In spite...
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, BARRIERS TO MARKET ACCESS AND PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
Geographic Indications (GIs) trademarks market access FTAs NAFTA.
2014/4/11
Canada is currently negotiating a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with
the European Union; the issue of Geographic Indications (GIs) is on the negotiating agenda and
is expected ...
TRADE AGREEMENTS, POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ENDOGENOUSLY INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS
Trade agreement political economy contracting cost uncertainty
2014/4/11
We develop a political economy model of trade agreements following along the line of Grossman and Helpman (1995a) yet incorporating contracting costs, uncertainty and multiple policy instruments. We s...
Preferential Trade Agreements and the Law and Politics of GATT Article XXIV
WTO PTAs GATT Art. XXIV WTO Dispute Settlement
2013/1/31
The tasks Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) perform are expressed in their scope and covered issues, thus in order to be WTO compatible these aspects of PTAs should comply with the relevant WTO rul...
Preferential Trade Agreements and the Law and Politics of GATT Article XXIV
WTO PTAs GATT Art. XXIV WTO Dispute Settlement
2013/9/16
The tasks Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) perform are expressed in their scope and covered issues, thus in order to be WTO compatible these aspects of PTAs should comply with the relevant WTO rul...
Reassessing trade agreements for a challenging economic climate
The University of Queensland economic climate trade agreements AUSFTA
2009/4/28
At a time when both Australia and the United States face challenging economic and trade environments, the trade agreement between the two countries will be the focus of a two-day symposium being held ...
REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS:COMPLEMENTARY MEANS TO OPEN MARKETS
MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS OPEN MARKETS World Trade Organization North American Free Trade Agreement
2008/11/19
Free trade advocates face more than just the constant challenge of
reminding the public and policymakers of the virtues of open global
markets. They also confront theoretical and practical questions...
Approaches to Measuring the Effects of Trade Agreements
Trade Agreements Measuring the Effects
2014/4/11
In measuring the effects of trade agreements, the problem for economists is usually not a
lack of answers but rather an abundance of them. Economists have developed a variety of
approaches to ana...
This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the WTO in 2002. Agreements are in place with Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN, Australia, and ...