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The Evolution And Utilization Of The Gatt/Wto Dispute Settlement Mechanism, Pao Li Chang Aug 2002

The Evolution And Utilization Of The Gatt/Wto Dispute Settlement Mechanism, Pao Li Chang

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This paper attempts to study the usage of the GATT/WTO dispute settlement mechanism and to explain its patterns across different regimes and decades, using a unified theoretical model. This study first explores the role of the degree of legal controversy over a panel ruling in determining countries’ incentives to block/appeal a panel report under the GATT/WTO regime. The model is able to explain the surge in blocking incidence during the 1980s over the preceding GATT years and the immense frequency at which the new appellate procedure under the WTO is invoked. Furthermore, a two-sided asymmetric information framework is used to …


Optimal Trade Policies And Non-Economic Objectives In Models Involving Imported Materials, Inter-Industry Flows And Nontraded Goods, Augustine H. H. Tan Jan 1971

Optimal Trade Policies And Non-Economic Objectives In Models Involving Imported Materials, Inter-Industry Flows And Nontraded Goods, Augustine H. H. Tan

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In a recent paper in this Review, J. Bhagwati and T. N. Srinivasan investigated the question of optimal policies required to attain non-economic objectives like ensuring minimum production and employment levels in particular industries as well as preventing excess importation and consumption of some goods. The framework of Bhagwati Srinivasan's analysis is the traditional trade model. In this note we consider three alternative models which allow for inter-industry linkages, the use of imported intermediate goods and non-traded goods. In addition to the non-economic objectives analyzed by Bhagwati-Srinivasan these models allow distinction between maintaining net and gross production levels as well …


Differential Tariffs, Negative Value-Added And The Theory Of Effective Protection, Augustine H. H. Tan Mar 1970

Differential Tariffs, Negative Value-Added And The Theory Of Effective Protection, Augustine H. H. Tan

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This article examines the implications for effective protection(EP) theory of allowing variable factor proportions and general equilibrium repercussions. The first claim of EP theory, is that it provides a measure of the maximum proportionate increase in factor rewards permitted by a tariff structure, as compared to a free trade regime. EP rates predict only a particular direction of resource flows whereas general equilibrium analysis, with variable input coefficients, indicates that flows contrary to EP prediction are possible. Two examples are provided, first, where there is a uniform tariff on final goods; and second, where one final sector has a higher …