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Modal Estimates of Services Barriers
This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric...
Globalisation and Inflation in OECD Countries
During the last two decades, the world has experienced a remarkable process of disinflation, with average inflation rates in industrialized countries...
Regionalism and Trade Facilitation: A Primer
This paper investigates when trade facilitation reform should be undertaken at the regional level. First, looking at both efficiency and...
Antidumping Policy in the EU
The European Union is currently reviewing its policy for trade defence instruments; instruments purported to defend European producers from unfair...
Looking East: The European Union’s New Trade Negotiations in Asia
In late 2006, Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, announced a new EU policy on free trade agreements (FTAs). This is contained in the...
European Union Policy Towards Free Trade Agreements
The European Union has recently shifted to a trade policy that envisages a greater use of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). In particular the EU is...
Subsidies and Regulatory Reform in West African Cotton: What are the Development Stakes?
Available evidence strongly suggests that cotton producers in West Africa are relatively unresponsive to changes in world prices. This means they are...
Germany and the G-8 Presidency
Germany’s G-8 Presidency occurs in a formative period for German foreign economic policy. It is about to step out of the post-Cold War order, but...