El presente documento examina los diversos mecanismos e instrumentos de política utilizados en los acuerdos comerciales internacionales para promover la liberalización de los servicios. Se describe cómo dichos acuerdos otorgan flexibilidad a los…
Todas las mercancías importadas tienen un valor que debe ser determinado en aduana. Esa estimación no debe constituir un obstáculo al comercio y, por tanto, la finalidad del Acuerdo sobre valoración aduanera de la OMC es establecer un sistema…
El artículo examina el Mecanismo Arbitral Multipartito de Apelación Provisional (MPIA) como una respuesta temporal a la crisis del Órgano de Apelación (OA) de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC). Se analiza la importancia del sistema…
El comercio internacional de servicios se considera una vía de diversificación de la matriz exportadora de las economías, además sirve como instrumento dinamizador y facilitador de otros sectores económicos como la agricultura e industria. Entre los…
A training workshop on trade in ideas was organized by the Oman WTO Chair in collaboration with the Innovation and Technology Transfer Center of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). The workshop was organized from April 7- 11, 2019 and was delivered by…
This research funded by World Trade Organization Chair Program hosted by SQU, and done by Abdallah Akintola under the guidance of Dr Houcine Boughanmi, Dr. Hemesiri Kotagama and Dr. Lokman Zaibet, sought to explore the trade potential of Oman with…
The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement recently went into force following its ratification by two third of WTO members on 22 February 2017. The world trade report 2015 estimates showed that the full implementation of the TFA could reduce trade costs…
The Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) have recently embarked in an energy subsidy reform following the drastic drop of international oil prices in 2014. The reform consists of increasing energy prices (fuel, electricity, gas) in order to…
The service sector constitutes an important and a growing sector of the global economy as well as in the Arab region. In Oman, the service sector accounts for the highest share in the sectoral composition of the GDP and constitutes a crucial…
The purpose of the present study is to assess the export potential of food and agricultural items from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. We investigated the pattern of…