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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 ...


Title:Bird flu, the OIE, and national regulation : the WTO’s "India–agricultural products" dispute Author(s):BOWN, Chad P.; HILLMAN, Jennifer A.Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/71; Global Governance Programme-193; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper provides a legal-economic assessment of issues arising in the Panel Report over the WTO’s India – Agricultural Products dispute, one of a growing list of disputes arising at the intersection of the WTO and ...
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 ...


Title:Antidumping and market competition : implications for emerging economies Author(s):BOWN, Chad P.; MCCULLOCH, RachelDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/76; Global Governance Programme-196; Global EconomicsAbstract:While the original justification of the antidumping laws in the industrial economies was to protect domestic consumers against predation by foreign suppliers, by the early 1990s the laws and their use had evolved so much ...
Title:Special and differential treatment of developing countries in the WTO Author(s):CONCONI, Paola; PERRONI, CarloDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/60; Global Governance Programme-109; Global EconomicsAbstract:Rules on special and differential treatment (SDT) constitute the centerpiece of the WTO's strategy for integrating developing countries into the world trading system. We examine the theoretical rationale for SDT when trade ...
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 ...



Title:What next for the DDA? : quantifying the role of negotiation modalities Author(s):DECREUX, Yvan; FONTAGNÉ, LionelDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/61; Global Governance Programme-110; Global EconomicsAbstract:Negotiators have reached a deal on a limited series of issues WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali (3–6 December 2013), one of these being trade facilitation. Based on a quantitative assessment taking into account the detail ...
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, ...



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 ...


Title:The European Union sanitary and phytosanitary measures and Africa’s exports Author(s):KAREEM, Olayinka Idowu
Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/98; Global Governance Programme-137; Global EconomicsAbstract:Changes in tastes and preferences in importing countries as well as the need to keep the environment safe, especially in developed markets, has contributed to a rising trend in the demand for sanitary and phytosanitary ...
