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Title:Supply chains, mega-regionals and multilateralism : a road map for the WTO Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.
Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/27; Global Governance Programme-88; Global EconomicsAbstract:At the 9th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Bali it was agreed to develop a work program to conclude the long-running Doha round. This report argues that any work program should recognize that goods and services are ...
Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/27; Global Governance Programme-88; Global EconomicsAbstract:At the 9th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Bali it was agreed to develop a work program to conclude the long-running Doha round. This report argues that any work program should recognize that goods and services are ...
Title:Global governance of international competitiveness spillovers Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/33; Global Governance Programme-49; Global EconomicsAbstract:Reducing public sector deficits and high debt burdens in part will require an increase in net exports – which is only possible if the countries concerned are able to produce goods and services that are ‘competitive’ on ...
Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/33; Global Governance Programme-49; Global EconomicsAbstract:Reducing public sector deficits and high debt burdens in part will require an increase in net exports – which is only possible if the countries concerned are able to produce goods and services that are ‘competitive’ on ...
Title:Liberalizing trade in services : lessons from regional and WTO negotiations Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; MATTOO, AadityaDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/34; Global Governance Programme-50; Global EconomicsAbstract:Liberalization of trade and investment in services through trade agreements has progressed less than trade in goods. We review the limited progress achieved to date in the WTO and major regional agreements on services and ...
; MATTOO, AadityaDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/34; Global Governance Programme-50; Global EconomicsAbstract:Liberalization of trade and investment in services through trade agreements has progressed less than trade in goods. We review the limited progress achieved to date in the WTO and major regional agreements on services and ...
Title:China – electronic payment services : discrimination, economic development and the GATS Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; MEAGHER, NiallDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/68; Global Governance Programme-66; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper provides a legal-economic analysis of the unappealed WTO Panel Report in China – Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services (WT/DS413/R). The core issue was whether China’s measures that resulted in ...
; MEAGHER, NiallDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/68; Global Governance Programme-66; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper provides a legal-economic analysis of the unappealed WTO Panel Report in China – Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services (WT/DS413/R). The core issue was whether China’s measures that resulted in ...
Title:WTO ‘à la carte’ or WTO ‘menu du jour’? : assessing the case for plurilateral agreements Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/58; Global Governance Programme-57; [Global Economics]Abstract:Plurilateral agreements in the WTO context allow sub-sets of countries to agree to commitments in specific policy areas that only apply to signatories, and thus allow for ‘variable geometry’ in the WTO. Plurilateral ...
; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/58; Global Governance Programme-57; [Global Economics]Abstract:Plurilateral agreements in the WTO context allow sub-sets of countries to agree to commitments in specific policy areas that only apply to signatories, and thus allow for ‘variable geometry’ in the WTO. Plurilateral ...
Title:Bite the bullet : trade retaliation, EU jurisprudence and the law and economics of ‘taking one for the team’ Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/32; Global Governance Programme-48; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper discusses the Fedon case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which involved a claim for compensation by Fedon (an Italian producer of eye glass cases) from the EU for the imposition of WTO-authorized ...
; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/32; Global Governance Programme-48; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper discusses the Fedon case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which involved a claim for compensation by Fedon (an Italian producer of eye glass cases) from the EU for the imposition of WTO-authorized ...
Title:MFN clubs and scheduling additional commitments in the GATT : learning from the GATS Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/06; Global Governance Programme-211; Global EconomicsAbstract:Scheduling additional commitments for policies affecting trade in goods in the GATT has been plagued by two sources of ambiguity: the treatment of changes introduced unilaterally by members subsequent to an initial commitment, ...
; MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/06; Global Governance Programme-211; Global EconomicsAbstract:Scheduling additional commitments for policies affecting trade in goods in the GATT has been plagued by two sources of ambiguity: the treatment of changes introduced unilaterally by members subsequent to an initial commitment, ...
Title:Multilateral institutions and African economic integration Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/67; Global Governance Programme-65; Global EconomicsAbstract:A matter of long-standing policy concern is the limited extent to which many countries in Africa have been able to diversify their economies. The global phenomenon of supply chain trade in principle generates opportunities ...
Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/67; Global Governance Programme-65; Global EconomicsAbstract:A matter of long-standing policy concern is the limited extent to which many countries in Africa have been able to diversify their economies. The global phenomenon of supply chain trade in principle generates opportunities ...
Title:Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives? Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; SHEPHERD, BenDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/49; Global Governance Programme-55; Global EconomicsAbstract:Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation—measures to reduce the overall costs of the international movement of goods. From an equity perspective an important ...
; SHEPHERD, BenDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/49; Global Governance Programme-55; Global EconomicsAbstract:Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation—measures to reduce the overall costs of the international movement of goods. From an equity perspective an important ...
Title:Trade agreements and international regulatory cooperation in a supply chain world Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/04; Global Governance Programme-154; Global EconomicsAbstract:Many of the policies that affect international supply chains and associated trade flows are regulatory in nature. Governments generally do not pursue domestic regulation or design trade agreements with a view to support ...
Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/04; Global Governance Programme-154; Global EconomicsAbstract:Many of the policies that affect international supply chains and associated trade flows are regulatory in nature. Governments generally do not pursue domestic regulation or design trade agreements with a view to support ...