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This paper theoretically and empirically explores bargaining delay in tariff negotiations. By imposing a bargaining structure in an equilibrium trade framework, I derive many testable predictions of delay. I then take my model to the newly compiled GATT (Torquay) tariff negotiation data, which includes detailed (product-level) information of the timing and contents of countries’ (back-and-forth...

Abstract This article analyses the fraught relationship between host States’ obligations under investment agreements and their regulatory powers in field of public health. First, tribunals addressing merits health measures have exercised considerable deference to States existing treaties. Second, recent generation treaties spells out considerations encourage respondents or adopt broad interpret...

am grateful to Jagdish Bhagwati for numerous discussions that shaped my thinking on the subject matter of this paper and to two anonymous reviewers for excellent comments on an earlier version of the paper. What trade policy initiatives can the rich countries such as the United States take to assist the poor countries in improving their growth prospects and achieving faster alleviation of pover...

Microphorella similis Brooks, a new Palaearctic species, is described and illustrated. It is very closely related to M. praecox (Loew, 1864), the type species of the genus. The new species is known from Leuk-Pfynwald in the Swiss Alps, where it was found sympatrically with M. praecox on gravel in the floodplain of the Rhône River in May. A diagnosis and abridged redescription of M. praecox is a...

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have become an increasingly prominent feature of the international trade environment, with salient examples being the widening and deepening of the European Union (EU), the success of the Mercosur, and the formation of the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA). In fact, a majority of the active agreements notified to gatt through 1995 were signed in ...

The Uruguay Round Agreements and the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995 resulted in a major step forward by bringing the agriculture and services sectors under the disciplines of GATT, bringing down the levels of tariffs and putting in place a dispute settlement mechanism. In order to realise the potential gains from trade, developing countries made substantial progress...

that restrict trade between countries in agricultural commodities. Many of these policies are now subject to important disciplines under the 1994 GATT agreement that is administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The paper is organized as follows. First, tariffs, import quotas, and tariff rate quotas are discussed. Then, a series of non-tariff barriers to trade are examined, including v...

This paper addresses the question of whether, under which organisational conditions, and through which mechanisms state reporting procedures can contribute to compliance with international rules. Although reporting procedures operate in almost all international regimes and organisations, we know very little about the extent to which and the way in which they matter for increased rule adherence....

S is not a new issue in multilateral trade negotiations and was first mentioned in the Tokyo Round of trade talks in the late 1970’s. The item was first placed on the official agenda for negotiations by the USA in the lead-up to the Uruguay Round of trade talks in the 1980’s. However, less developed countries (LDCs) were quick to oppose its inclusion in GATT as they felt they had little to gain...