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Author : Anonim
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789507382338
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789507382352
The greater openness of developing countries' economies and the free trade agreements negotiated in recent years have spurred arguments in favor of greater integration in the world; they have also given rise to strong opposition. In some cases the opposition stems from the reaction of specific, domestically oriented sectoral interests, and in others from the activism of groups adhering to what has been termed "globophobia". Regrettably, the implementation of the Hemispheric Cooperation Program (HCP) has been constrained by the paralysis of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations, and thus has been extremely slow. Although the future of the HCP process is unclear, the experience to date in the Hemisphere provides a sufficient basis to analyze its origin and peculiarities, as well as its chief difficulties and determinants. The bilateral negotiations between the United States and Central America, the Dominican Republic and the Andean countries also provide important input for the analysis in this study, and the lessons learned can be very helpful to ensuring the successful implementation of the HCP.
Author : Eric T. Miller
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
ISBN : 9789507382192
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agricultural industries
ISBN : 9789507382475
Author : Juan S. Blyde
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789507382284
Author : J. Ernesto López Córdova
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9789507382406
In this paper we survey the recent literature assessing the development impact of international migrant remittances. We begin by arguing that international migration should be fully incorporated in ongoing debates on the impact of globalization. We show that, despite methodological challenges, there is an emerging body of evidence suggesting that migrant remittances can have an important impact on development and household welfare. Remittances appear to help in poverty reduction, accumulation of human capital, investment and saving. Finally, we offer an account of existing policies and recommendations to facilitate remittance flows and to take advantage of their developmental potential.
Author : Adrian F. Rodriguez
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789507382291
Author : Mauricio Mesquita Moreira
Publisher : BID-INTAL
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign trade promotion
ISBN : 9789507382376
China's emergence has raised pointed questions about the future of manufacturing in Latin America. This paper looks at this challenge and its implications. It begins by asking: Does manufacturing still matter for Latin America? It argues that the region cannot afford to turn its back to a well-proven road to development. It then moves on to show that endowments, productivity, scale and the government's role, all work together to make China a formidable competitor. The importance of this challenge is confirmed by an analysis of the trade data, which suggests a small impact so far, but a disquieting trend.
Author : Antoni Estevadeordal,Brian Frantz,Tam Robert Nguyen
Publisher : IDB
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781931003858
Author : Antoni Estevadeordal,Kati Suominen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199550159
Drawing on a number of unique new datasets, the authors seek to explore in historical context the relationship between trade agreements and the flow of global trade, and to identify how governments and countries might unilaterally and collectively leverage trade agreements to increase trade and prosperity.
Author : Kala Krishna,Anne O. Krueger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Certificates of origin
ISBN : UCSD:31822018740357
This paper focuses on the effects of rules of origin in Free Trade Areas. We first point out that even rules of origin which are not restrictive, namely those which do not raise costs of production, have very pronounced effects on trade and investment flows. We then look at some different ways of specifying rules of origin (ROOs) under perfect competition. We compare price and cost based ROOs and show that even if they are equivalent in the 'long run', they are not equivalent in the short run where capacity constraints can exist. We also show that some kinds of ROOs can be ranked in terms of their implications for producer profits. We also show that welfare is likely to be non monotonic in the restrictiveness of the ROO, so that making a ROO more stringent could raise welfare. Finally, we show that in the presence of imperfect competition, ROOs may raise output and reduce prices as they become more stringent.
Author : Paul Brenton
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Trade preferences are a key element in industrial countries' efforts to assist the integration of least developed countries (LDCs) into the world economy. Brenton provides an initial evaluation of the impact of the European Union's recently introduced "Everything but Arms" (EBA) initiative on the products currently exported by the LDCs. He shows that the changes introduced by the EBA initiative in 2001 are relatively minor for currently exported products, primarily because over 99 percent of EU imports from the LDCs are in products which the EU had already liberalized, and the complete removal of barriers to the key remaining products-rice, sugar, and bananas-has been delayed. Brenton looks at the role EU preferences to LDCs in general have been playing and could play in assisting the integration of the LDCs. He shows that there is considerable variation across countries in the potential impact that EU preferences can have given current export structures. There is a group of LDCs for whom EU trade preferences on existing exports are not significant since these exports are mainly of products where the most-favored-nation duty is zero. Export diversification is the key issue for these countries. For other LDCs, EU preferences have the potential to provide a more substantial impact on trade. However, the author shows that only 50 percent of EU imports from non-ACP (Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific) LDCs which are eligible actually request preferential access to the EU. The prime suspect for this low level of use are the rules of origin, both the restrictiveness of the requirements on sufficient processing and the costs and difficulties of providing the necessary documentation. More simple rules of origin are likely to enhance the impact of EU trade preferences in terms of improving market access and in stimulating diversification toward a broader range of exports.
Author : Jagdish Bhagwati
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199715909
Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist who uniquely combines a reputation as the leading scholar of international trade with a substantial presence in public policy on the important issues of the day, shines here a critical light on Preferential Trade Agreements, revealing how the rapid spread of PTAs endangers the world trading system. Numbering by now well over 300, and rapidly increasing, these preferential trade agreements, many taking the form of Free Trade Agreements, have re-created the unhappy situation of the 1930s, when world trade was undermined by discriminatory practices. Whereas this was the result of protectionism in those days, ironically it is a result of misdirected pursuit of free trade via PTAs today. The world trading system is at risk again, the author argues, and the danger is palpable. Writing with his customary wit, panache and elegance, Bhagwati documents the growth of these PTAs, the reasons for their proliferation, and their deplorable consequences which include the near-destruction of the non-discrimination which was at the heart of the postwar trade architecture and its replacement by what he has called the spaghetti bowl of a maze of preferences. Bhagwati also documents how PTAs have undermined the prospects for multilateral freeing of trade, serving as stumbling blocks, instead of building blocks, for the objective of reaching multilateral free trade. In short, Bhagwati cogently demonstrates why PTAs are Termites in the Trading System.
Author : Patrick Low,Richard Baldwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521506014
A collection of revised papers from the 'Multilateralizing Regionalism' conference, held at the WTO in September 2007.
Author : Olivier Cadot,Antoni Estevadeordal,Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann,Thierry Verdier
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191537370
The dark side of preferential trade agreements, Rules of Origin (RoO) are used to determine the eligibility of goods to preferential treatment. Ostensibly meant to prevent the trans-shipment of imported products across Free Trade Agreement borders after superficial screwdriver assembly, they act in reality as complex and opaque trade barriers. This book provides evidence strongly suggesting that they do so by intent rather than accidentally—-in other words, that RoOs are policy. Part one draws insights about the effects of RoOs on cross-border trade and outsourcing from recent economic theory. Part two reviews the evidence on RoOs in preferential agreements around the world, putting together the most comprehensive dataset on RoOs to date. Part three explores their "political economy"—-how special interests have shaped them and continue to do so. Part four provides econometric evidence on their costs for exporters and consequent effects on trade flows. Finally, part five explores how they affect trade in the developing world where they spread rapidly and have the potential to do most harm. Beyond the collection of new evidence and its interpretation in light of recent theory, the book's overall message for the policy community is that RoOs are a potentially powerful and new barrier to trade. Rather than being relegated to closed-door technical meetings, their design should hold center-stage in trade negotiations.
