Download or read book Implementation of Uruguay Round Commitments written by Joseph Michael Finger and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the Uruguay Round, developing countries took on obligations not only to reduce trade barriers but also to undertake significant reforms of regulations and trade procedures. The Round did not, however, take into account the cost of implementing these reforms - a full year's development budget for many of the least developed countries - nor did it ask whether the money might be more productive in other development uses.At the Uruguay Round, developing countries took on unprecedented obligations not only to reduce trade barriers but to implement significant reforms both of trade procedures (including import licensing procedures and customs valuation) and of many areas of regulation that establish the basic business environment in the domestic economy (including intellectual property law and technical, sanitary, and phytosanitary standards. This will cost substantial amounts of money. World Bank project experience in areas covered by the agreements suggests that an entire year's development budget is at stake in many of the least developed countries. Institutions in these areas are weak in developing countries, and would benefit from strengthening and reform. But Finger and Schuler's analysis indicates that the obligations reflect little awareness of development problems and little appreciation for the capacities of the least developed countries to carry out the functions that these reforms of regulations and trade procedures address.The content of these obligations can be characterized as the advanced countries saying to the others, Do it my way!Moreover, these developing countries had limited capacity to participate in the Uruguay Round negotiations, so the process has generated no sense of ownership of the reforms to which membership in the World Trade Organization obligates them. From their perspective, the implementation exercise has been imposed imperially, with little concern for what it will cost, how it will be carried out, or whether it will support their development efforts.This paper - a product of Trade, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to support effective developing country participation in the WTO system. This research was supported by the global and regional trust fund component of the World Bank/Netherlands Partnership Program.
Download or read book Implementation of Uruguay Round Commitments written by J. M. Finger and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the Uruguay Round, developing countries took on obligations not only to reduce trade barriers but also to undertake significant reforms of regulations and trade procedures. The Round did not, however, take into account the cost of implementing these reforms -- a full year's development budget for many of the least developed countries -- nor did it ask whether the money might be more productive in other development uses.
Download or read book Implementation of Uruguay Round Agreements and the World Trade Organization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Download or read book Business Guide to the Uruguay Round written by Commonwealth Secretariat and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 1995 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide explains the rules of the Uruguay Round trade agreements and their implementation. It provides an overview of the achievements of the Uruguay Round, and explains the role of the World Trade Organization. It also presents the rules applicable to trade and examines their implications for trade liberalization, reviewing the main features of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the provisions of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
Download or read book The GATT Uruguay Round Agreements written by United States. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and published by Office of the United States Trade Representative. This book was released on 1994 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture An Evaluation of its Implementation in OECD Countries written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2001-05-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evaluates the implementation of the Uruguay Round on Agriculture, how effective it has been, and what policy lessons can be drawn.
Download or read book Implementing the Uruguay Round written by John Howard Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The completion of the Uruguay Round of negotiations has resulted in the creation of important international agreements. This book examines the implementation of the GATT agreement and its national and international legal and constitutional ramifications
Download or read book The Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations written by United States. Agriculture Technical Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Making of the TRIPS Agreement written by Jayashree Watal and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the establishment of the World Trade Organization, focusing on those who shaped its creation as well as those who have influenced its evolution. The book examines trade negotiations, the WTO's dispute settlement role, the presence of coalitions and groupings within the WTO, the process of joining the organization and many other topics, including what lies ahead for the organization.
Download or read book Most favoured nation Treatment written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication contains an explanation of Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment and some of the key issues that arise in its negotiation, particularly the scope and application of MFN treatment to the liberalization and protection of foreign investors in recent treaty practice. The paper provides policy options as regards the traditional application of MFN treatment and identifies reactions by States to the unexpected broad use of MFN treatment, and provides several drafting options, such as specifying or narrowing down the scope of application of MFN treatment to certain types of activities, clarifying the nature of "treatment" under the IIA, clarifying the comparison that an arbitral tribunal needs to undertake as well as a qualification of the comparison "in like circumstances" or excluding its use in investor-State cases.
Download or read book Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations written by United States. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and published by Office of the United States Trade Representative. This book was released on 1994 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of the WTO and the New Trade Round written by Paul Brenton and published by Ceps. This book was released on 2001 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world trading system is at an important juncture. Subject to increasing public scrutiny and criticism, the WTO needs to reassess itself in light of the importance of its developing country members, the lessons that have been leant from the first years of implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement and the need for wider support from civil society, including the business community. This CEPS Working Party Report considers the importance of the new Trade Round and the key issues that it must address.
Download or read book The Trading System After the Uruguay Round written by John Whalley and published by Washington, DC : Institute for International Economics. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are growing pressures to reform the international trading system beyond whatever is accomplished in the Uruguay Round. This study assesses the present GATT system and concludes that the need for further reform is far-reaching. Whalley finds that the principles underlying the current system - nondiscrimination and multilateralism - will not adequately serve in the future to reduce trade barriers and promote the benefits of trade. The study outlines new approaches to reduce the level of protection and harness new regional trading arrangements to improve global economic performance.
Download or read book Uruguay Round Trade Agreements Texts of Agreements Implementing Bill Statement of Administrative Action and Required Supporting Statements written by United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations written by General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Domestic Regulation and Service Trade Liberalization written by Pierre Sauve and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade in services, far more than trade in goods, is affected by a variety of domestic regulations, ranging from qualification and licensing requirements in professional services to pro-competitive regulation in telecommunications services. Experience shows that the quality of regulation strongly influences the consequences of trade liberalization. WTO members have agreed that a central task in the ongoing services negotiations will be to develop a set of rules to ensure that domestic regulations support rather than impede trade liberalization. Since these rules are bound to have a profound impact on the evolution of policy, particularly in developing countries, it is important that they be conducive to economically rational policy-making. This book addresses two central questions: What impact can international trade rules on services have on the exercise of domestic regulatory sovereignty? And how can services negotiations be harnessed to promote and consolidate domestic policy reform across highly diverse sectors? The book, with contributions from several of the world's leading experts in the field, explores a range of rule-making challenges arising at this policy interface, in areas such as transparency, standards and the adoption of a necessity test for services trade. Contributions also provide an in-depth look at these issues in the key areas of accountancy, energy, finance, health, telecommunications and transportation services.
Download or read book The Development Dimension written by James Bacchus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically analyses the World Trade Organization’s approach to "special and differential treatment" (SDT) to argue that it is founded on seeking exemptions from WTO obligations, instead of creating an enabling environment for developing countries to integrate fully into the multilateral trading system. Through six key sections: United States Proposal on Special and Differential Treatment Responses to United States Proposal The Evolution of Differential Treatment Failure of the Current Approach to Differential Treatment Complications Created by China’s Emergence in the Global Economy An Alternative Approach to Differential Treatment this book explores how, by adopting a new evidence-based, case-by-case approach to SDT, the development of the poorest countries can best be advanced, while at the same time ensuring that advanced developing countries carry their weight in the organization. It will be of interest to scholars and students of international trade law and political science, as well as trade practitioners such as lawyers, diplomats, and analysts.
