WTO Accession Issues

Langhammer, Rolf J.; Lücke, Matthias

doi:10.1111/1467-9701.00235

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“…130 Alvarez (2005) (noting the "new sovereignty" conferred by membership). 131 Langhammer and Lücke (1999). 132 Because of the lack of transparency at the WTO, it is hard for outsiders to know whether the market access demands that Vanuatu resisted were WTO-plus.…”

Section: Legal Status Of Wto Agreement In National Courtsmentioning

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Mapping the Law of WTO Accession

Charnovitz

2014

World Scientific Studies in International Economics

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Section: Legal Status Of Wto Agreement In National Courtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the Law of WTO Accession

Charnovitz

2014

World Scientific Studies in International Economics

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“…In so doing, policy makers may encounter resistance from once privileged groups. Organized and unorganized citizens may view the reform process as coercive and alienating (Michalopoulos 1998 andLanghammer andLucke: 1999). In addition, some countries have trouble adopting these norms because their culture emphasizes the sovereignty of the bureaucracy over the right of individuals for access to information (Potter: 2003;Blukovic: 2008).…”

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“…These countries may resist greater access to information and transparency. Thirdly, WTO membership also strengthens the power of the central government vs. regional elites (Tang and Wei: 2006;Langhammer and Lucke, 1999).…”

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Does the WTO Help Member States Clean Up?

Aaronson

2011

SSRN Journal

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“…p.589. 5 See Langhammer and Lücke (1999), Michalopoulos (2000) or Naray (2001). For further details see also footnote 1.…”

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“…Clearly, the main problem is to define the optimal package, but the cross-country comparisons remain the most frequently used benchmark in practice. See Michalopoulos (2000) or Langhammer and Lücke (1999). agricultural support at a level that is lower than what is allowed for developing countries, the commitment would be binding even if the country self-appoints itself to the developing country status or if it wanted to increase its agricultural support to the level allowed for "developing countries" at a later stage. 7 In contrast, the rule is quite clear with respect to "least-developed" countries.…”

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Effects of WTO Accession on Policy-making in Sovereign States: Preliminary Lessons from the Recent Experience of Transition Countries

Bacchetta¹,

Drábek²

2004

Ukraine’s WTO Accession: Challenge for Domestic Economic Reforms

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Disclaimer: This is a working paper, and hence it represents research in progress. This paper represents the opinions of individual staff members or visiting scholars, and is the product of professional research. It is not meant to represent the position or opinions of the WTO or its Members, not the official position of any staff members. Any errors are the fault of the authors. Copies of working papers can be requested from the divisional secretariat by writing to: Development and Economic Research Division, World Trade Organization, Rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1211 Genève 21, Switzerland. Please request papers by number and title. Terms of use: Documents in ABSTRACT:The purpose of the paper is to discuss the effects of WTO accession on policy-making and institutional reforms in transition countries. This is done by looking at the experience of those transition countries which are already Members of the WTO. We start by examining the effect of accession on trade policy and distinguish between the effects of accession negotiations and those of autonomous policy initiatives. Other areas of domestic policymaking considered in the analysis include market access, governance, government budget, structural reforms, trade and investment arrangements with regional partners and macroeconomic management. We find that no precise blueprint of accession conditions can be ascertained, that WTO played a role, albeit not an exclusive one in the process of liberalization, that the costs of WTO Membership are not negligible, that the benefits of WTO Membership are also significant in terms of a better market access, improved governance and a recourse to better economic policies.

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WTO Accession Issues

Cited by 49 publications

References 4 publications

Mapping the Law of WTO Accession

Mapping the Law of WTO Accession

Does the WTO Help Member States Clean Up?

Effects of WTO Accession on Policy-making in Sovereign States: Preliminary Lessons from the Recent Experience of Transition Countries

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