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30-Sep-2008
The benefits of an open multilateral trading system are increasingly being questioned. Despite strong growth in international trade and investment, multilateral liberalisation faces considerable challenges and is becoming ever more elusive.
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17-Sep-2008
The purpose of this paper is to provide a preliminary assessment of the trade reforms undertaken by transition economies since the beginning of the 1990s and to draw possible lessons from this experience for the trade liberalisation process in general.
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17-Sep-2008
The focus of this report is on structural djustment issues, covering recent developments in textile and clothing trade, trade-related labour adjustments, trade-related technology changes, and business facilitation.
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22-Sep-2006
The way in which anti-competitive practices influence export competitiveness;the linkages between competition policy and socio-economic development to attain the Millennium Development Goals; regional approaches to trade & competition found in bilateral and regional trading arrangements
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14-May-2004
In the context of the WTO discussions on flexibility and progressivity in a possible Multilateral Framework on Competition (MFC), the Joint Group on Trade and Competition asked the Secretariat to prepare ...
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06-Aug-2003
This paper is intended to contribute to ongoing reflection on some of the issues currently being debated at the WTO with regard to the possible negotiation of an agreement on a multilateral framework on ...
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01-Jul-2003
This paper examines the relationship of certain types of intellectual property rights (IPRs) to foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade flows with respect to developing countries, with particular emphasis on patent rights.
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26-May-2003
In its two previous meetings the Joint Group on Trade and Competition has studied the topic of applying the core principles of non-discrimination, transparency and procedural fairness in the trade and ...
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24-Mar-2003
This paper considers practical options for implementing a peer review mechanism in any future multilateral agreement on trade and competition. Multilateral peer review mechanisms have three common characteristics: ...
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18-Sep-2002
The Doha Ministerial Declaration called for an examination of the application of the three "core principles" of transparency, non-discrimination and procedural fairness in the context of the interaction ...
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