Publications (Filter: liberalisation)
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Negotiating Trade in Services: Lessons From Autonomous Liberalisation
Greater trade openness in services is central for new trade agreements to boost trade and economic growth. A sector often neglected in past trade...
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The International Services Agreement (ISA) – From the European Vantage Point
Services liberalisation has perhaps suffered from the deadlock of the WTO more than any other area of trade. As the discussions of a potential...
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The Political Economy of Liberalising Air Transport in APEC: Regulatory Aspects and Negotiating Options
This study examines the role of regulation and remedial policies for the successful liberalisation of the air transport sector in the Asia Pacific...
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The WTO’s Trade Policy Review Mechanism: How to Create Political Will for Liberalization
The economic crisis has sparked fears about emerging protectionism and created wide interest in initiatives to monitor trade policies. The WTO...
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Liberalising Air Cargo Services in APEC
This study aims at assessing the link between a more liberal air cargo regime and increased bilateral merchandise trade in the Asia Pacific...
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The Armington-Heckscher-Ohlin Model – An Intuitive Exposition
Global models of world trade are often used as input into assessing the possible effects of liberalising trade. As simplifications of the economic...
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Liberalising Air Passenger Services in APEC
This working paper aims at assessing the prospects for a more liberal air passenger transport regime in the Asia Pacific region under the auspices of...
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From Twin Towers to Fawlty Towers – a Story of the Doha Round (mimeo)
By: Fredrik ErixonThe Doha Round has yet again collapsed. The July 2008 attempt to negotiate a broad headline deal between the main member countries of the WTO failed....
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Liberalising Air Transport Services in APEC
This draft working paper represents work in progress aimed at assessing the prospects for a more liberal air passenger transport regime in the Asia...
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One Minute to Midnight: Is There Still Time to Rethink EPAs?
The European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries are entering the final phase of negotiation over...
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Trade Policy in Asia
By: Razeen SallyTrade policy in Asia is dangerously unbalanced. It rests on a shaky leg of discriminatory bilateral and regional FTAs. Its other WTO leg has gone...
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Assessing the EC Trade Policy in Goods
The recent shift in European trade policy to negotiate bilateral agreements with no less than 24 countries is taking Europe into dangerous waters....