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2. Can Doha Still Deliver on the Development Agenda?
- Author:
- Kimberly Elliott
- Publication Date:
- 06-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Abstract:
- The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, so named because it was launched in the Qatari capital, is in deep trouble. Negotiators have yet to meet any of the interim deadlines for completing the talks, and they missed another at the end of April 2006. While it is still possible to finish the round by early 2007, the odds are diminishing by the day, and this deadline matters more than most. Trade promotion authority (TPA) in the United States will expire in June 2007, and if the round does not make significant progress before then, TPA might not be renewed, and the round would likely drag on for several more years.
- Topic:
- Economics, International Organization, International Trade and Finance, and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States
3. Negotiating the Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement
- Author:
- Jeffrey J. Schott, Scott C. Bradford, and Thomas Moll
- Publication Date:
- 06-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Abstract:
- Five years ago the Institute published Free Trade between Korea and the United States? by Inbom Choi and Jeffrey J. Schott, which analyzed the potential benefits and costs of pursuing a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). At the time, neither government had vetted the idea in bilateral consultations, though some business groups in each country—and some members of the US Congress—had voiced support for deepening US-Korea economic ties through an FTA.
- Topic:
- Economics, International Organization, and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States, Asia, and Korea
4. More Pain, More Gain: Politics and Economics of Eliminating Tariffs
- Author:
- Gary Hufbauer and Ben Goodrich
- Publication Date:
- 06-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Abstract:
- A good proposal to eliminate tariffs must take into account both the pain and gain that developing countries are likely to experience. The authors take the measure of these costs and benefits and urge rich countries to maximize the benefits to developing countries while giving them ample time to accept, and adjust to, the changes that trade liberalization will require. But trade liberalization should not stop with tariff proposals. The United States and other industrial countries should generously reduce subsidies to farmers and eliminate nontariff barriers on agricultural imports. The United States should offer more concessions on services trade, particularly in its allowances for temporary foreign workers. Unless rich countries put more on the table, a WTO agreement to eliminate tariff barriers may be postponed for years.
- Topic:
- Economics, International Trade and Finance, Political Economy, and Third World
- Political Geography:
- United States
5. The Impact of Economic Sanctions on US Trade: Andrew Rose's Gravity Model
- Author:
- Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Barbara Oegg
- Publication Date:
- 04-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Abstract:
- With the end of the Cold War, the focus of US foreign policy changed—and so did that of economic sanctions. Partly because of increased cooperation within the UN framework, economic sanctions were imposed so routinely in the early 1990s that scholars called that period the sanctions decade. This proliferation sparked intense debate about the effectiveness of sanctions as a policy tool and moved US sanctions policy to the center of public discourse.
- Topic:
- Economics, International Trade and Finance, and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States
6. The Foreign Sales Corporation: Reaching the Last Act?
- Author:
- Gary Hufbauer
- Publication Date:
- 11-2002
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Abstract:
- Some trade disputes—like long Russian novels—never seem to end. The United States, Europe, and other trading nations have disputed the taxation of export earnings since the 1970s. To understand why the Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) dispute is so hard to resolve, we must start with a historical tour.
- Topic:
- Economics and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, and Europe