Publications (Filter: WTO)
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Kazakhstan’s Accession to the WTO: A Quantitive Assessment
By: Arastou KhatibiIn light of Kazakhstan’s interest to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), this paper investigates the impact of the WTO accession on trade...
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So Alike and Yet so Different: A Comparison of the Uruguay Round and the Doha Round
By: Peter KleenAs the first multilateral trade round to be conducted under the auspices of the WTO, the Doha Round is beginning to appear as protracted, complicated...
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Kazakhstan and the World Economy: An Assessment of Kazakhstan’s Trade Policy and Pending Accession to the WTO
Kazakhstan has been negotiating accession to the WTO for twelve years, following a line of ex-Soviet states seeking membership. In this new,...
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Trade Facilitation: The Role of a WTO Agreement
Trade facilitation negotiations have been one of the more active topics in the Doha negotiations. In this paper noted trade scholar J. Michael Finger...
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Preferential Trade Agreements in Services: Friends or Foes of the Multilateral Trading System?
A fashionable feature of new generation preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has been the inclusion of a trade in services component. Does this trend...
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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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Globalisation and Inflation in OECD Countries
By: Gernot PehneltDuring the last two decades, the world has experienced a remarkable process of disinflation, with average inflation rates in industrialized countries...
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The Rome Treaty at 50
Tags: Common Agricultural Policy EU Europe GATT integration services Single Market trade trade in goods WTOIn March, 2007, the Treaty of Rome celebrates its 50th anniversary. The chief lesson from this remarkable period of European cooperation is the...
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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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How Much Further Can the WTO Go? Developed Countries Issues
A lack of political leadership is often perceived as the main source of the repeated difficulties of the WTO. The paper argues that such a lack of...
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Are Developing Countries Deterred from Using the WTO Dispute Settlement System?
By: Roderick AbbottThe data issued by the WTO Secretariat on disputes shows that ‘developing countries’ have participated in one-third of the cases 1995-2005. The...