scholarly journals On the Path to Trade Liberalization: Political Regimes in International Trade Negotiations

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Mölders
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
Political Regimes

scholarly journals Political Regimes and International Trade: The Democratic Difference Revisited

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
XINYUAN DAI
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
Trade Barriers ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Mixed Pair ◽  
Domestic Political Institutions ◽  
Problematic Aspect

How do domestic political institutions affect the outcomes of international trade negotiations? Specifically, are the aggregate trade barriers agreed upon by a democratic pair lower than those by a pair composed of a democracy and an autocracy? I revisit these important questions by highlighting some problematic aspect of the analysis by Mansfield, Milner, and Rosendorff (2000). Contrary to their central conclusion, I find that whether the aggregate trade barriers are lower for a democratic pair than those for a mixed pair depends on the preferences of the decision makers involved. Thus, although domestic political institutions are important, they alone are insufficient to predict a higher level of cooperation among democracies.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE TAX REVENUE AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION, A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 454-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afzal Mahmood. ◽  
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Kanwal Zahra ◽  
Mehmood Khalid. ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Tax Revenue

Bilateral Treaties and The Most-Favored-Nation Clause: The Myth of Trade Liberalization in the Nineteenth Century

2008 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Accominotti ◽  
Marc Flandreau
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Most Favored Nation ◽  
The World ◽  
Most Favored Nation Clause ◽  
Bilateral Treaties

Textbook accounts of the Anglo-French trade agreement of 1860 argue that it heralded the beginning of a liberal trading order. This alleged success holds much interest from a modern policy point of view, for it rested on bilateral negotiations and most-favored-nation clauses. With the help of new data on international trade (the RICardo database), the authors provide empirical evidence and find that the treaty and subsequent network of MFN trade agreements coincided with the end of a period of unilateral liberalization across the world. They also find that it did not contribute to expanding trade at all. This is contrary to a deeply rooted belief among economists, economic historians, and political scientists. The authors draw a number of policy lessons that run counter to the conventional wisdom and raise skepticism toward the ability of bilateralism and MFN arrangements to promote trade liberalization.

Determinants of a social clause in international trade negotiations

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund M. Tavernier ◽  
Calum G. Turvey
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Negotiations

The Mark-up Rates in Turkish Private Manufacturing Industry During Trade Liberalization

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozlem Onaran ◽  
Nurhan Yenturk
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Striking Result ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

The aim of this study is to shed light on the movements of the mark-up rate for the case of Turkey following trade liberalization. For this purpose, first the relationship between labor and non-labor costs that lies behind the movements of the mark-up rates is analyzed, and second, the effect of trade liberalization on mark-up rates is tested. The trade-off between labor and non-labor costs is analyzed based on a model, which assumes that prices are set by a mark-up over average variable costs. The paper also tests the effect of international trade on the mark-up rate and the effect of the exchange rate via its effect on competitiveness and input costs using the panel data for the sub-sectors of private manufacturing industry. The most striking result of this analysis is the absence of any strong link between foreign trade and mark-up rates.

Coalitions, Developing Countries, and International Trade: Research Findings and Prospects

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
Negotiation Tactics ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Global Diffusion

AbstractDeveloping countries increasingly invest in coalition building to effect gains in international trade negotiations. This essay reviews recent literature on coalitions to assess its contribution to our understanding of the causes, types, and effectiveness of developing country coalitions. In particular, the global diffusion of power is discussed as an important dynamic affecting coalitions in trade negotiations. Our understanding of how these coalitions operate would be strengthened by paying attention to the derivation of state interests, rather than specifying them exogenously, and to the negotiation tactics that states use when working in coalitions.

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