Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90678 
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Year of Publication: 
1998
Series/Report no.: 
WTO Staff Working Paper No. TPRD-98-02
Publisher: 
World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Abstract: 
Market access negotiations in merchandise trade at the multilateral level cover tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs). While tariffs have been substantially reduced in earlier rounds, they remain high in certain areas and further reductions involve a number of complex technical issues. Some formulae approaches, not used in the Uruguay Round, seem more favourable to developing countries. Elimination or phased reductions of NTMs in agriculture is one of the main areas for further market access negotiations in trade in goods. However, most NTMs are now the subject to negotiations on the rules under which they may be applied, e.g. in the areas of contingency protection and technical barriers to trade.
Subjects: 
WTO
market access
trade negotiations
tariffs
non-tariff measures
JEL: 
F13
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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