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Legislative Proposals on Shanghai Free Trade Zone Foreign Investment Entry Facilitation
The main idea of this paper is that the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone should proactively align with international high - standard investment facilitation rules (especially the WTO Agreement on Investment Facilitation, the Comprehensive and…
Manual modelo de la OMC: Consejo del Comercio de Servicios
El Reglamento del Modelo OMC Ecuador 2024 – Consejo de Comercio de Servicios establece las normas y procedimientos para la simulación académica de esta instancia de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC). Organizado por la Cátedra OMC Ecuador,…
Reglamento Modelo de la OMC: Consejo del Comercio de Servicios
El Consejo del Comercio de Servicios, en la inauguración del Modelo de Simulación de la OMC en Ecuador, da la bienvenida a los delegados a un foro dedicado a explorar la dinámica cambiante del comercio mundial más allá del comercio de mercancías.…
Effect of Trade Facilitation on Economic Complexity in selected African countries
Recent research on international trade suggests that economic development and growth occur as countries gain knowledge and learn to produce and export more sophisticated products. This study examines the effect of trade facilitation on economic…
Trade facilitation in global value chains: Assessing the role of maritime connectivity and trading across borders
This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation factors on trade flows, with a particular focus on Global Value Chains (GVCs) in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Using the structural gravity model of international and intra-national…
Manipulation of transfer prices by multi-national companies in Nigeria
AbstractBackground: Transfer pricing manipulation diminishes revenue generation by the host countries. The results of the investigations in the literature show divergence to the extent of the impact of transfer pricing on economic growth in both the…
Testing the Impact of Exports, Imports, and Trade Openness on Economic Growth in Namibia: Assessment Using the ARDL Cointegration Method
AbstractThis study examines the impact of exports, imports, and trade openness on Namibia’s economic growth using the ARDL cointegration method. The results reveal a significant negative relationship between imports and economic growth, while…
SDGS & TRADE POLICY BRIEF SERIES: Investment Promotion and Facilitation for Financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Caribbean
Trade and sustainable development share a complex relationship. The economic benefits of trade make it easy to see how it can assist with the achievement of the economic-based SDGs. But beyond that, trade also impacts the social and environmental…
Liberalising Bangladesh's services trade: Is joining TiSA (Trade in Services Agreement) the way to go?
Although currently limited, services trade holds great potential for Bangladesh, as services already make a major contribution to GDP and employment. Services represent an important alternative (in the longer term) or complement (in the shorter term…
State neutrality, business elite and the lack of export services development in Chile: an exploratory qualitative analysis
Economic development process implies, among other things, export expansion beyond natural resources and towards more knowledge intensive sectors. However, a common problem within developing countries is the lack of economic and political elite's ‘…