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A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century

By: Robert W. Staiger

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A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century

By: Robert W. Staiger

When designing a world trading system for the twenty-first century, “Keep calm and carry on” beats “Move fast and break things.” Global trade is in trouble. Climate change, digital trade, offshoring, the rise of emerging markets led by China: Can the World Trade Organization (WTO), built for trade in the twentieth century, meet the challenges of the twenty-first? The answer is yes, Robert Staiger tells us, arguing that adapting the WTO to the changed economic environment would serve the world better than a radical reset. Governed by the WTO, on the principles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), global trade rules traditionally focus on “shallow integration”—with an emphasis on reducing tariffs and trade impediments at the border—rather than “deep integration,” or direct negotiations over behind-the-border measures. Staiger charts the economic environment that gave rise to the former approach, explains when and why it worked, and surveys the changing landscape for global trade. In his analysis, the terms-of-trade theory of trade agreements provides a compelling framework for understanding the success of GATT in the twentieth century. And according to this understanding, Staiger concludes, the logic of GATT's design transcends many, if not all, of the current challenges faced by the WTO. With its penetrating view of the evolving global economic environment, A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century shows us a global trading system in need of reform, and Staiger makes a persuasive case for using the architecture of the GATT/WTO as a basis for that reform.

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MIT Press

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0262371308

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9780262371308

The Economics of the World Trading System

By: Kyle Bagwell,Robert W. Staiger

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The Economics of the World Trading System

By: Kyle Bagwell,Robert W. Staiger

World trade is governed by the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The WTO sets rules of conduct for the international trade of goods and services and for intellectual property rights, provides a forum for multinational negotiations to resolve trade problems, and has a formal mechanism for dispute settlement. It is the primary institution working, through rule-based bargaining, at freeing trade. In this book, Kyle Bagwell and Robert Staiger provide an economic analysis and justification for the purpose and design of the GATT/WTO. They summarize their own research, discuss the major features of the GATT agreement, and survey the literature on trade agreements. Their focus on the terms-of-trade externality is particularly original and ties the book together. Topics include the theory of trade agreements, the origin and design of the GATT and the WTO, the principles of reciprocity, the most favored nation principle, terms-of-trade theory, enforcement, preferential trade agreements, labor and environmental standards, competition policy, and agricultural export subsidies.

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MIT Press

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0262524341

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9780262524346

Comparative Advantage, Growth, and the Gains from Trade and Globalization

A Festschrift in Honor of Alan V. Deardorff

By: Robert Mitchell Stern

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Comparative Advantage, Growth, and the Gains from Trade and Globalization

A Festschrift in Honor of Alan V. Deardorff

By: Robert Mitchell Stern

Alan Deardorff was 65 years old on June 6, 2009. To celebrate this occasion, a Festschrift in his honor was held on October 2-3, 2009, in the Rackham Amphitheater at the University of Michigan. This title includes reprints of many of Professor Deardorff's most important papers that underlie the reflections on his work by the Festschrift panelists.

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World Scientific

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9814340367

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9789814340366

Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies

By: Alan Verne Deardorff,Robert Mitchell Stern

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Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies

By: Alan Verne Deardorff,Robert Mitchell Stern

divTrade policy experts convene to explore the social ramifications of the United States' international trade policy /DIV

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University of Michigan Press

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0472110993

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9780472110995

The Regulation of International Trade

By: M. J. Trebilcock,Robert Howse,Antonia Eliason

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The Regulation of International Trade

By: M. J. Trebilcock,Robert Howse,Antonia Eliason

This book introduces the rules and institutions that govern international trade. The authors draw their analysis on aspects of the subject from classic and contemporary literature on trade and political economy

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0415610893

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Book's by Robert W. Staiger

A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century

A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century

The Economics of the World Trading System

The Economics of the World Trading System

Comparative Advantage, Growth, and the Gains from Trade and Globalization

Comparative Advantage, Growth, and the Gains from Trade and Globalization

Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies

Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies

The Regulation of International Trade

The Regulation of International Trade

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