Library acquisitions — April 2019

We are pleased to share our list of selected new acquisitions from April 2019. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

	Did you peruse Nature Sustainability during the trial in April? If so, we would like your feedback on this resource! Please share your thoughts on this publication by emailing us at web.librarian@wto.org.
	Did you explore Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law during the trial in April? If so, we would appreciate your feedback on this resource! Please share your thoughts on this resource by emailing us at web.librarian@wto.org.
	Did you take advantage of the April trial of Taylor and Francis’s Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment Collection? If so, we would like your feedback on this resource! Please share your thoughts on this collection by emailing us at web.librarian@wto.org.
	Finally, did you use vLex – Global Legal Research during the trial access in April? If so, we would appreciate your feedback on this resource! Please share your experiences with this tool by emailing us at web.librarian@wto.org.

 

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Les accords de l’OMC : l’accord de Marrakech instituant l’Organisation mondiale du commerce et ses annexes / Organisation mondiale du commerce. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927637 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: http://bit.ly/2ZZ5DCK
	Los acuerdos de la OMC : el acuerdo de Marrakech por el que se establece la Organización Mundial del Comercio y sus Anexos / Organización Mundial del Comercio. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927635 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: http://bit.ly/2Jo95kC
	All the boats on the ocean : how government subsidies led to global overfishing / Carmel Finley. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927572 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2WzxHun
	Emissions trading schemes under international economic law / James Munro. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927549 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2LyjqwZ
	EU competition law : text, cases, and materials / Alison Jones and Brenda Sufrin. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927520 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2Jsl3cP
	How to regulate : a guide for policymakers / Thomas A. Lambert. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927568 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/3068Xw1
	International investment law and the right to regulate : a human rights perspective / Lone Wandahl Mouyal. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927488 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2H74iRM
	Natural resources exploitation : business and human rights / [edited by] Xavier Favre-Bulle. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927580 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2YhAOru
	The politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform / edited by Jakob Skovgaard, Harro van Asselt. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927553 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2VmobhL
	The return of the home state to investor-state disputes : bringing back diplomatic protection? / Rodrigo Polanco. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927509 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2DWlHMa

 

Trade agreements, regulatory institutions and services liberalization

Many agreements to liberalize trade in services tend to be limited in scope. This is a puzzle considering the high share of services in total employment and value added and relatively high barriers to trade in services in many countries. In this paper we argue that neglected complementarities between services trade policies and domestic regulation may help to understand the limited ambition on services observed in many trade agreements. We show that the productivity effects of services trade liberalization are conditional on regulatory quality. Our findings suggest that greater effort to design trade agreements with a view to improving regulatory quality may be a necessary condition for deepening the services coverage of trade agreements and will enhance the welfare gains from services trade liberalization.

Full text: http://librarydocs/_earticles/Trade agreements, regulatory institutions and services liberalization by Matteo Fiorini.pdf

Global Policy Volume 9 . Issue 4 . November 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12583

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Library acquisitions — August 2018

We are pleased to share our list of selected new acquisitions from August 2018. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

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Your WTO Library Team

Did you take advantage of any of the electronic resource trials this year? If you explored Oxford International Organizations, World Scientific Journals, HeinOnline’s World Constitutions Illustrated, Safari Online Learning Platform, Oxford Economics, Gale’s Environmental Studies and Policy Collection, or Brill’s Climate Change and Law Collection during the trial periods, we would appreciate your feedback! Please share your thoughts on this resource by emailing us at web.librarian@wto.org.

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Competition policy for the new era : insights from the BRICS countries / edited by Tembinkosi Bonakele, Eleanor M Fox and Liberty Mncube. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927239 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview available: http://bit.ly/2LUbMI8
	Globalización y generación de riqueza : un mundo más próspero, más eficiente y más justo merced al comercio internacional y a la inversión extranjera directa / José-Ramón Ferrandis Muñoz ; presentación de Vicente Boceta ; prólogo de Fernando Eguidazu. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927150 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	Governing science and technology under the international economic order : regulatory divergence and convergence in the age of megaregionals / edited by Shin-Yi Peng, Han-Wei Liu, Ching-Fu Lin. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927251 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2Q2Ps2g
	Intellectual property and human development : current trends and future scenarios / edited by Tzen Wong, Graham Dutfield. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927336 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2PAoM7Z
	International organizations : politics, law, practice / Ian Hurd. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927344 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2CeJ8BX
	The law and economics of a sustainable energy trade agreement / edited by Gary C. Hufbauer, Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, and Richard Samans. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927247 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2LRiIpy
	The law of the international civil service : institutional law and practice in international organisations / Gerhard Ullrich. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927245 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2oJGDyd
	Ownership unbundling and related measures in the EU energy sector : foundations, the impact of WTO law and investment protection / Tilman Michael Dralle. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927259 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2PCa7tg
	Les pays ACP dans le commerce mondial / Aristide Foé. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927352 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2PXqkKt
	Putting consumers first : essays in honour of Pradeep Mehta / edited by Sanjaya Baru, with Abhishek Kumar. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927318 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	La reforma de la gobernanza pesquera internacional y europea / [edited by] Jorge Pueyo Losa, Julio Jorge Urbina. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927255 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	The use of alternative benchmarks in anti-subsidy law : a study on the WTO, the EU and China / Sophia Müller. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927263 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://bit.ly/2LTY1JJ
	A WTO agreement on trade facilitation : can it really facilitate trade? / Mena Hassan. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927322 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable

 

New from OECD: Trad Facilitation and the Global Economy

“In a globalised world, where goods cross borders many times as intermediate and as final products, trade facilitation is essential to lowering overall trade costs and increasing economic welfare, in particular for developing and emerging economies.”

OECD has launched a new book on trade facilitation reform around the world, reflecting global interest and ongoing efforts to implement the Trade Facilitation Agreement.

With the launch of the book, which is available for online consultation and download here, OECD has also prepared a short policy summary document and a video about trade facilitation and OECD tools to evaluate a country’s progress and performance.

Library acquisitions — December 2017

We are pleased to share our list of selected new acquisitions from December 2017. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	The Cambridge handbook of antitrust, intellectual property, and high tech / edited by Roger D. Blair, D. Daniel Sokol. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927042 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/2nQcBm
	Capitalism without capital : the rise of the intangible economy / Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927044 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/B1opf1
	International Geneva : 100 years of architecture / Joëlle Kuntz. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927040 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/uMmTyb
	Manual sobre el Sistema de Solución de Diferencias de la OMC / preparada por la División de Asuntos Jurídicos y la División de Normas de la Secretaría de la OMC, y la Secretaría del Órgano de Apelación. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927050 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: https://goo.gl/AA5ztU
	The next factory of the world : how Chinese investment is reshaping Africa / Irene Yuan Sun. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927056 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/U8Bkwm
	Postal services in the digital age / edited by Matthias Finger, Bernhard Bukovc and Muqbil Burhan. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926950 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Pfi1Qi
	Promoting trade competitiveness in developing countries / edited by Wineaster Anderson, Marcellina M. Chijoriga and John R.M. Philemon. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927034 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/KpMk2g
	Sweet talk : paternalism and collective action in north-south trade relations / J. P. Singh. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927054 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/PcBxZH
	Vliianie preferentsialʹnykh torgovykh soglasheniĭ na mnogostoronniuiu torgovuiu sistemu / V.K. Remchukova. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927029 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	The WTO agreements : the Marrakesh agreement establishing the World Trade Organization and its annexes / World Trade Organization. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1927052 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview https://goo.gl/7fFCwv

 

Library acquisitions — September 2016

We are pleased to share our list of selected new acquisitions from September 2016. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	African perspectives on trade and the WTO : domestic reforms, structural transformation and global economic integration / edited by Patrick Low, Chiedu Osakwe, Maika Oshikawa. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926509 Audio of launch during WTO Public Forum 2016 available: https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum16_e/public_forum16_e.htm Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/8MDNpJ
	Compulsory licensing : practical experiences and ways forward / [edited by] Reto M. Hilty, Kung-Chung Liu. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926155 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/W5zv7y
	Economic analysis of international law / edited by Eugene Kontorovich and Francesco Parisi. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925846 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/k36zwg
	The economic welfare and trade relations implications of the 2014 Farm Bill / edited by Vincent H. Smith. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926255 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/kChK6o
	Establishing judicial authority in international economic law / edited by Joanna Jemielniak, Laura Nielsen, and Henrik Palmer Olsen. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926492 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/wl7lGG
	GDP : a brief but affectionate history / Diane Coyle. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926424 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/3Pp0B6
	International economic law : the Max Planck encyclopedia of public international law / edited under the direction of Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926287 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/rm854f
	Patent enforcement worldwide : writings in honour of Dieter Stauder / edited by Christopher Heath. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926259 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/B5KF1i
	Regional trade agreements and the multilateral trading system / edited by Rohini Acharya. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926507 Launched during the WTO Public Forum 2016 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/HaJB6b
	The regulation of international trade : volume 1 : GATT / Petros C. Mavroidis. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926331 Featured in Midday Spotlight during WTO Public Forum 2016 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/QZHbYC
	The regulation of international trade : volume 2 : the WTO agreements on trade in goods / Petros C. Mavroidis. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926333 Featured in Midday Spotlight during WTO Public Forum 2016 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/jWO3Ce
	Rich people poor countries : the rise of emerging-market tycoons and their mega firms / Caroline Freund ; assisted by Sarah Oliver. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926386 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/INR0DB
	What you need to know to go global : a guide to international trade transactions / Stephen Creskoff. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926500 Featured in Midday Spotlight during WTO Public Forum 2016 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/iqUFdO

 

Library acquisitions — June 2016

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from June 2016. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	The age of global value chains : maps and policy issues / edited by João Amador and Filippo di Mauro. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926398 This publication is available in e-book format only.	Full text: http://goo.gl/hHbA0X
	ASEAN and regional free trade agreements / edited by Christopher Findlay. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926339 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/eDe84O
	BRICS trade strategy : time for a rethink / by Simon J. Evenett. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926406 This publication is available in e-book format only.	Full text: http://goo.gl/AIgv94
	The development of World Trade Organization law : examining change in international law / Gregory Messenger. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926343 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/nf07Tx
	The economics of international integration / Miroslav N. Jovanovic. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925697 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/aFbo09
	The economics of poverty : history, measurement, and policy / Martin Ravallion. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926212 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/uSLXeh
	Eficácia do sistema de solução de controvérsias da OMC / Luciana Maria de Oliveira. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926426 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/xGCYDH
	Governance by indicators : global power through quantification and rankings / edited by Kevin E. Davis … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926337 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/18XSEu
	Growth of the international economy, 1820-2015 / Michael Graff, A. G. Kenwood and A. L. Lougheed. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926400 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/zBJLEC
	The Oxford handbook of international climate change law / edited by Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, Richard G. Tarasofsky. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926037 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/ylS4MR
	The path of world trade law in the 21st century / Steve Charnovitz. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926132 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/6ssf7g
	The regulation of international trade : volume 1 : GATT / Petros C. Mavroidis. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926331 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/QZHbYC
	The regulation of international trade : volume 2 : the WTO agreements on trade in goods / Petros C. Mavroidis. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926333 Request: web.librarian@wto.org Full record: https://w10300fr.eos-intl.eu/W10300FR/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=98780141	Preview: https://goo.gl/jWO3Ce
	WTO dispute settlement and the TRIPS agreement : applying intellectual property standards in a trade law framework / Matthew Kennedy. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926412 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/iWyBpr

 

Library acquisitions — May 2016

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from May 2016. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Only a few more days to explore the Emerald eJournals Collection! Through 2 June 2016, take advantage of this resource which brings a wealth of peer-reviewed international research together in one cross-disciplinary journal database. While WTO will continue to have subscription access to many electronic journals from Emerald, this trial allows consultation of the full range of titles in this collection, amounting to more than 130,000 articles from more than 290 journals. For more information, visit the Emerald eJournals Collection here: http://www.emeraldinsight.com If you used Emerald eJournals Collection during this trial period, your feedback on this resource would be greatly appreciated. Please send your comments about this tool to web.librarian@wto.org by 30 June 2016.

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Advanced introduction to international environmental law / Ellen Hey. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926350 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/44S9l3
	Arresting contagion : science, policy, and conflicts over animal disease control / Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926086 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/E7v75i
	Commentary on the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) / edited by Ingeborg Schwenzer. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926220 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/uGfM98
	Expert knowledge in global trade / edited by Erin Hannah, James Scott and Silke Trommer. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926263 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/I14Wyw
	Free trade under fire / Douglas A. Irwin. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926341 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/rnig3t
	Future of the global trade order / edited by Carlos A. Primo Braga and Bernard Hoekman. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926396 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: http://goo.gl/kRrBbR
	Governance of intellectual property rights in China and Europe / edited by Nari Lee, Niklas Bruun, Mingde Li. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926307 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/38TdAh
	The great divide / Joseph Stiglitz. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926329 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/zxRiVb
	International organizations as orchestrators / [edited by] Kenneth W. Abbott … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926364 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/JVYsFl
	The political economy of WTO implementation and China’s approach to litigation in the WTO / Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu, Zhang Qi. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926313 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/zeaOBK
	Power plays : how international institutions reshape coercive diplomacy / Allison Carnegie. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926335 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/7fuk9u
	Regulação de conteúdo no GATS : um olhar sobre o atual cenário tecnológico / Gabriella Giovanna Lucarelli de Salvio de Souza Brasil. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926327 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/pdjZpx
	Research handbook on intellectual property and climate change / edited by Joshua D. Sarnoff. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1923026 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/56DwpD
	Research handbook on the history of copyright law / edited by Isabella Alexander, H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926354 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/rLFhqz

 

Library acquisitions — March 2016

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from March 2016. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Starting in April 2016, take advantage of a new subscription resource: The Commonwealth iLibrary brings together the wealth of publications produced by the Commonwealth Secretariat. Research in this collection covers a wide range of topics, from globalization and multilateral trade issues to export and enterprise development, from education and gender to public service management and reform. This digital repository contains over 400 e-books and 140 working papers, with new content added regularly. All documents are accessible as PDF files or can be read directly online. For more information and to begin taking advantage of this resource, visit The Commonwealth iLibrary: http://www.thecommonwealth-ilibrary.org/

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Bilateral and regional trade agreements : commentary and analysis / edited by Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio, Lorand Bartels. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926237 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/lAOrte
	The economics of chocolate / edited by Mara P. Squicciarini and Johan Swinnen.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926223 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/elgomH
	Gasto público y crecimiento económico : para salir de la ciencia (ficción) neoclásica / Rémy Herrera.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926303 Request: web.librarian	Full text: http://goo.gl/zHB88R
	Natural capital : valuing our planet / Dieter Helm.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926094 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/52CSDc
	Practical cataloguing : AACR, RDA and MARC 21 / Anne Welsh and Sue Batley.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1918127 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/eFOOxZ
	Production networks and enterprises in East Asia : industry and firm-level analysis / Ganeshan Wignaraja, editor.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926239 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/bJ57ta
	Records and information management / Patricia C. Franks.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926295 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/SSUG24
	Le règlement des différends dans le cadre de l’OMC : un différend, une page 1995-2014 / Organisation mondiale du commerce.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926301 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: https://goo.gl/Wu9gJz
	Research handbook on intellectual property and geographical indications / edited by Dev S. Gangjee.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925838 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/fVfQ85
	Situación de los instrumentos jurídicos de la OMC : edición 2015 / Organización mundial del comercio.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926285 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: https://goo.gl/MNqJkK
	Situation des instruments juridiques de l’OMC : édition 2015 / Organisation mondiale du commerce.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926283 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: https://goo.gl/mC7ehF
	Solución de diferencias en la OMC : resúmenes de una página por caso 1995-2014 / Organización Mundial del Comercio.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926299 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: https://goo.gl/0GRcWd
	Status of WTO legal instruments : 2015 edition / World Trade Organization.   WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926281 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: https://goo.gl/4VE62U
	WTO dispute settlement : one-page case summaries 1995-2014 / World Trade Organization. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926297 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text only: https://goo.gl/ZviKL1

 

Library acquisitions — January 2016

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from January 2016. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

As mentioned in the previous New Acquisitions email, a trial of World Politics Review is available through 31 March 2016! This database from EBSCO provides comprehensive analysis of critical global developments in international politics and foreign affairs, written by leading experts. The database includes thousands of articles as well as new original content added each month, to give policymakers and academics context to understand the trends behind the news. For more information on World Politics Review and to take the opportunity to explore this resource during this limited trial period, visit the WPR website: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&user=unwpr&password=unwpr&profile=ehost&defaultdb=wpr

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Los 20 años de la OMC : una mirada retrospectiva / Organización Mundial del Comercio. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926170 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/A71Zb1
	Les 20 ans de l’OMC : rétrospective / Organisation mondiale du commerce. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926172 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/br2r5L
	Advanced introduction to international intellectual property / Susy Frankel, Daniel J. Gervais. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925863 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/GwKnkB
	Bilateral and regional trade agreements : case studies / edited by Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio and Lorand Bartels. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926054 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Efm7Bu
	Code de droit des organisations internationales : textes au 1er janvier 2014 / Éric David. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926165 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/NxUjlc
	Dumping, subsidies e salvaguardas : revisitando aspectos técnicos dos instrumentos de defesa comercial / [ed.] Felipe Hees, Marilia Castañon Penha Valle. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926176 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/ScjVN3
	Export restrictions on critical minerals and metals : testing the adequacy of WTO disciplines / Ilaria Espa ; foreword by Giorgio Sacerdoti. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926056 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/lo0Eul
	A facilitação do comércio e outras decisões de Bali : perspectiva angolana / Gilberto D. F. António, Lukonde Luansi. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925669 Request: web.librarian@wto.org
	Global governance and democracy : a multidisciplinary analysis / edited by Jan Wouters … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1924432 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/OPrhMh
	International contracts : jurisdictional issues and global commercial and investment governance (a collection of essays on recent trends) / [edited by] Bimal N. Patel, Mamta Biswal, Joshua Aston. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926161 Request: web.librarian@wto.org
	International investment law and development : bridging the gap / edited by Stephan W. Schill, Christian J. Tams, Rainer Hofmann. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925830 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/BvtuEu
	Introduction to time series analysis / Mark Pickup. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925587 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/eg0AWa
	La Organización Mundial del Comercio y la regulación del comercio internacional / Ricardo Xavier Basaldúa ; prólogo a la primera edición de Eduardo A. Roca. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926174 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/hZsLTg
	O sistema de solução de controvérsias da OMC : uma perspectiva brasileira / Daniela Arruda Benjamin. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925790 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: http://goo.gl/CrFWnw

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Library acquisitions — December 2015

Dear all,

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from December 2015. You can send your requests to web.librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Through 31 March 2016, take advantage of trial access to explore World Politics Review! This database from EBSCO provides comprehensive analysis of critical global developments in international politics and foreign affairs, written by leading experts. The database includes thousands of articles as well as new original content added each month, to give policymakers and academics context to understand the trends behind the news. For more information and to explore this resource during this limited trial period, visit World Politics Review here: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&user=unwpr&password=unwpr&profile=ehost&defaultdb=wpr

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Asia and the future of football : the role of the Asian Football Confederation / Ben Weinberg. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925971 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/d03wVP
	Developing countries in the world economy / Jaime de Melo. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926136 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/b8p9wb
	Innovation, technology and economic change / edited by Jan Fagerberg and David C. Mowery. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925850 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Siy0UG
	International arbitration : law and practice in Switzerland / Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Antonio Rigozzi. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925552 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/5Uf0Ag
	Nationalism and globalisation / edited by Stephen Tierney. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925888 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/0E8TK4
	The political economy of sustainable development : policy instruments and market mechanisms / Timothy Cadman … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925703 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/Z077Ph
	Private-sector standards as technical barriers in international trade in goods : in search of WTO disciplines / Arkady Kudryavtsev. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926143 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/DDfkga
	The rift : a new Africa breaks free / Alex Perry. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926167 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/HRmAK7
	Trade in services and trade agreements : perspectives from India and the European Union / edited by Arpita Mukherjee, Rupa Chanda, Tanu M. Goyal. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926064 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/f33xgc
	Trade in the service of sustainable development : linking trade to labour rights and environmental standards / Olivier de Schutter. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925892 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/U7O7Rd
	Trade law, domestic regulation and development / Joel P Trachtman. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926134 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/dbyGNT
	The transit of goods in public international law / Beatriz Huarte Melgar. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925751 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/1jQ2D2
	Treaties on transit of energy via pipelines and countermeasures / Danae Azaria. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925985 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/91OJKe
	Universal service in WTO and EU law : liberalisation and social regulation in telecommunications / Olga Batura. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926068 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/lcpckb

 

Library acquisitions — July 2015

Dear all,

We are pleased to share with you our list of selected new acquisitions for July 2015.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

The World Economy, published by Wiley Blackwell, is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering economics and international economic relations. With a view to supporting the work and interests of researchers, analysts, and policy-advisors, articles focus on such topics as trade policy, international finance, trade and the environment, and various other international issues as they relate to trade.To browse the July 2015 issue or consult articles from all issues since 1997, visit The World Economy here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9701. The journal’s website is optimized for Google Chrome.

 

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Catalyst? : TTIP’s impact on the rest / edited by M. Sait Akman, Simon J. Evenett and Patrick Low.WTO catalogue :http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926035 Request: web.librarian	E-Book : http://goo.gl/DkZbHW
	Equitable principles of maritime boundary delimitation : the quest for distributive justice in international law / Thomas Cottier.WTO catalogue :http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926023 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/RjbPkh
	Global resources : conflict and cooperation / edited by Roland Dannreuther and Wojciech Ostrowski.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1924766 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/tlaKVq
	The globalization of inequality / François Bourguignon ; translated by Thomas Scott-Railton.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925942 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/mDq1rw
	Handbook of service business : management, marketing, innovation and internationalisation / edited by John R. Bryson, Peter W. Daniels.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925709 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/hWtIQY
	Handbook of the international political economy of agriculture and food / edited by Alessandro Bonanno, Lawrence Busch.WTO catalogue :http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925701 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/bpYtI9
	In place of inter-state retaliation : the European Union’s rejection of WTO-style trade sanctions and trade remedies / William Phelan.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925987 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/TSrBJN
	International copyright law : US and EU perspectives / Jane C. Ginsburg, Edouard Treppoz.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925840 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/xaeOsh
	An introduction to international organizations law / Jan Klabbers.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTOMarc|1925967 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/ZnOZBE
	L’Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio / a cura di Gabriella Venturini. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925960Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/MnbnUh
	The Oxford handbook of classics in public policy and administration / edited by Steven J. Balla, Martin Lodge, and Edward C. Page.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926001 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/Byjqgg
	The Oxford handbook of the law of the sea / edited by Donald R Rothwell … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926021Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/YrBSAe
	Trade and inequality / edited by Pinelopi K. Goldberg.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925859 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/Z4Kefl
	The WIPO treaties on copyright : a commentary on the WCT, the WPPT, and the BTAP / Jörg Reinbothe, Silke von Lewinski.WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925950Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/KCWXfq

US Security Strategy and the Gains from Bilateral Trade

We explore the geo-strategic determinants of bilateral trade flows between the USA and the rest of the world. We develop a three-party model of security and trade patterns and use data on military assistance and troop deployments over the 1950–2009 period to validate its predictions. We find that security assistance has significant, positive impacts on the shares of bilateral trade between the USA and the recipient country, results that are robust to issues of reverse causality and hold across different sectors.

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A general equilibrium, ex-post evaluation of the EU–Chile Free Trade Agreement

This paper evaluates the impact on the Chilean economy of the EU–Chile Free Trade Agreement, in force since 2003, based on a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. The evaluation method, inspired by structural decomposition methods, consists of double calibration of the model, to account for interactions between the agreement’s impact and structural change in the Chilean economy. Trade flows are modeled at the detailed product level (six-digit level classification). The agreement is found to be slightly beneficial to Chile’s economy on the whole, benefiting mainly unskilled labor, with gains concentrated in few sectors (fruits, wine, fisheries and seafood processing).

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Mega-RTAs and LDCs: Trade is not for the poor

Various upcoming large regional trade agreements dealing with new generation trade issues and involving the developed, as well as several emerging market developing economies, exclude the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The LDCs are not strategically important enough for the other players to figure in these agreements. Nonetheless, these have important implications for the LDCs, particularly in terms of loss of preferential market access. Such preferential access, the paper argues, is likely to get confined to the WTO’s multilateral framework in the longer-term leaving LDCs little strategic economic space outside the WTO.

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Heterogeneous Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements: How does Partner Similarity Matter?

This paper examines how dissimilarity of partner country characteristics affects the change in trade flows under a preferential trade agreement (PTA). Our results show that the more similar the partner countries are, the larger the increase in intra-bloc trade is under a PTA. Particularly, there is a substantial “development neighborhood premium”: the gain for developing countries from a PTA among themselves is about two and a half times that from partnering with industrial countries. Our findings challenge the perception that by becoming more integrated with industrial countries, developing countries could automatically gain access to a much larger and lucrative export market.

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Korea-U.S. FTA in its Second Year: Current Status of Implementation / Young-Gui Kim, Hyo-Young Lee, Jun-Gu Kang, and Hyuk-Hwang Kim.

Since the Korea-U.S. (KORUS) FTA entered into force on March 15, 2012, both sides have reviewed its status of implementation through various joint committee and working group meetings, and discussed ways to further advance their cooperation on bilateral trade issues for successful implementation. This article provides an overview of the status of implementation of the liberalization commitments made in the KORUS FTA, focusing on the trade in goods, services, investment, and other regulatory areas.

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Border Trade and Regional Integration / Ying Ge, Yin He, Yeheng Jiang and Xiaopeng Yin

Abstract:
Although it is an important building block of regional integration, very little research has investigated border trade between neighboring countries. This paper fills this gap by examining the patterns and determinants of China’s border trade with its neighboring countries. First, a disaggregated, firm-product level trade data is used to provide a detailed overview of border trade growth and dynamics. The paper shows that trade liberalization has significantly encouraged new firms to enter the export market, and new private firms account for the majority of the expansion in border exports and the shift toward more sophisticated products. Second, a gravity model is used to investigate the determinants of border trade. The results suggest that multilateral and regional integration, market size and institutional quality play important roles in promoting border trade.

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Transatlantic trade and investment partnership: sectoral and macroeconomic perspectives for Germany, the EU and the US / Paul J. J. Welfens, Tony Irawan

Abstract :
The EU and the US have started negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) which could bring a considerable increase of exports and output as well as changes in the composition of output and employment. Thus export simulation studies in combination with input output analysis and employment analysis is useful. In the analysis presented the focus is mainly on sectoral output and employment effects where the key sectors are the automotive sector, chemical industry, information and communication technology production, pharmaceuticals and machinery and equipment. Backward sector links are analysed and found to be quite important in the automotive sector, the chemical industry, the machinery and equipment sector in both Germany and the US; in Germany also in ICT production. However, most of the observed sectors have weak forward linkage. Input output analysis is also used to identify employment effects in various sectors: the pure employment effect of a 20 % export expansion in Germany amounts to about 800 000 new jobs. Looking only at the US and German perspective turns out to be misleading—the high imports of intermediate inputs of German firms from EU partner countries suggests that a comparison EU-US is analytically required for some key issues and that considering the effects on EU partners is also useful. There is a host of key policy issues, including the issue of extended sustainability reporting.

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The Paradox of ‘Preferences’: Regional Trade Agreements and Trade Costs in Services / Sébastien Miroudot and Ben Shepherd

Abstract :
We analyse the relationship between regional trade integration and trade costs in services. The analysis relies on theory-consistent bilateral trade costs for 55 countries for 1999–2009 and an analysis of services commitments in 66 regional trade agreements to which these countries are parties. Despite the recent proliferation of services regional trade agreements (RTAs), we find that trade costs are only slightly lower due to these agreements. In addition, we find that the trade cost reductions that do take place tend to happen before the agreement is signed. This is consistent with countries using RTAs as a way of ‘locking in’ reforms. Finally, we find that the preferential margin of services RTAs is thin: members and non-members both see slightly lower trade costs when an RTA is signed. However, the difference between the member and non-member trade cost effects is 28 per cent for services and 40 per cent for goods, indicating a slimmer margin of preference in the former case. We discuss the possible explanations for these findings in terms of the nature of services RTAs and their relationship with regulatory reform. Based on these results, we argue that regionalism in the case of services seems relatively non-discriminatory and does not lead to substantial trade preferences.

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