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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Staiger, Robert W. | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-01-19 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-04-26T12:02:55Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-04-26T12:02:55Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2012 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57619 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | In this paper I sketch out the rough contours of the challenge faced by the WTO in dealing with non-tariff measures (NTMs) as seen from the economic theories of trade agreements. The key questions for the WTO - the answers to which largely dictate the choice between shallow and deep approaches to integration - appear to be two: (1) Is it the terms-of-trade problem or the commitment problem that WTO member governments seek to solve with their WTO membership?; and (2) Is it market clearing or offshoring/bilateral bargaining that is now the most prominent mechanism for the determination of international prices? I suggest that evidence on the first question points to the terms-of-trade theory and hence toward shallow integration, but that answering the second question may be the key to identifying the best way forward on NTMs for the WTO. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | World Trade Organization, Economic Research and Statistics Div. Geneva | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Staff working paper ERSD 2012-01 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D62 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | F13 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | F55 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H21 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H23 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | terms of trade | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | commitment | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | border measures | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | behind-the-border measures | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | offshoring | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | bilateral bargaining | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | WTO-Regeln | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Terms of Trade | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Außenwirtschaftstheorie | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Non-tariff measures and the WTO | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 68350097X | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | WTO Staff Working Papers, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
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