The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect?
At the Davos forum of January 2014, a group of 14 countries pledged to launch negotiations on liberalizing trade in "green goods" (also known as "environmental" goods), focusing on the elimination of tariffs for an Asia-Pacific...
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okr-10986-204992021-04-23T14:03:56Z The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect? de Melo, Jaime Vijil, Mariana ABATEMENT ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AGGREGATE IMPORTS AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARK BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CHANGES IN TRADE CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION POLICIES CONSUMERS CUSTOMS DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DOMESTIC REGULATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELIMINATION OF TARIFFS EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL USE EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINAL GOODS FOREIGN FIRMS FREE TRADE AREAS FREE-TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL FREE TRADE GRAVITY MODEL HIGH TARIFFS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT DATA IMPORT INCREASES IMPORT VALUE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES INVESTMENT TREATIES LEVEL OF PROTECTION LOBBYING LOW TARIFFS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE MUTUAL AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL TREATMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PREFERENTIAL BASIS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE SUPPORT RECYCLING REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REDUCTION OF BARRIERS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF DATA TARIFF DISPERSION TARIFF ESTIMATES TARIFF EXEMPTIONS TARIFF LINES TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATE TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COOPERATION TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE FLOWS TRADE IN GOODS TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WASTE MANAGEMENT WELFARE LOSS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO ZERO TARIFFS At the Davos forum of January 2014, a group of 14 countries pledged to launch negotiations on liberalizing trade in "green goods" (also known as "environmental" goods), focusing on the elimination of tariffs for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation list of 54 products. The paper shows that the Davos group, with an average tariff of 1.8 percent, has little to offer as countries have avoided submitting products with tariff peaks for tariff reductions. Even if the list were extended to the 411 products on the World Trade Organization list, taking into account tariff dispersion, the tariff structure on environmental goods would be equivalent to a uniform tariff of 3.4 percent, about half the uniform tariff-equivalent for non-environmental goods. Enlarging the number of participants to low-income countries might be possible as, on average, their imports would not increase by more than 8 percent. However, because of the strong complementarities between trade in environmental goods and trade in environmental services, these should also be brought to the negotiation table, although difficulties in reaching agreement on their scope are likely to be great. 2014-10-30T20:51:19Z 2014-10-30T20:51:19Z 2014-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20291029/critical-mass-approach-achieve-deal-green-goods-services-table-much-expect http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20499 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7061 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific South Asia |
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ABATEMENT ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AGGREGATE IMPORTS AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARK BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CHANGES IN TRADE CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION POLICIES CONSUMERS CUSTOMS DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DOMESTIC REGULATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELIMINATION OF TARIFFS EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL USE EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINAL GOODS FOREIGN FIRMS FREE TRADE AREAS FREE-TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL FREE TRADE GRAVITY MODEL HIGH TARIFFS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT DATA IMPORT INCREASES IMPORT VALUE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES INVESTMENT TREATIES LEVEL OF PROTECTION LOBBYING LOW TARIFFS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE MUTUAL AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL TREATMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PREFERENTIAL BASIS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE SUPPORT RECYCLING REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REDUCTION OF BARRIERS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF DATA TARIFF DISPERSION TARIFF ESTIMATES TARIFF EXEMPTIONS TARIFF LINES TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATE TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COOPERATION TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE FLOWS TRADE IN GOODS TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WASTE MANAGEMENT WELFARE LOSS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO ZERO TARIFFS |
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ABATEMENT ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AGGREGATE IMPORTS AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARK BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CHANGES IN TRADE CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION POLICIES CONSUMERS CUSTOMS DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DOMESTIC REGULATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELIMINATION OF TARIFFS EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL USE EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINAL GOODS FOREIGN FIRMS FREE TRADE AREAS FREE-TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL FREE TRADE GRAVITY MODEL HIGH TARIFFS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT DATA IMPORT INCREASES IMPORT VALUE INCOME INCOME GROUPS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES INVESTMENT TREATIES LEVEL OF PROTECTION LOBBYING LOW TARIFFS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL TRADE MUTUAL AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL TREATMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PREFERENTIAL BASIS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE SUPPORT RECYCLING REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REDUCTION OF BARRIERS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF DATA TARIFF DISPERSION TARIFF ESTIMATES TARIFF EXEMPTIONS TARIFF LINES TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATE TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COOPERATION TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE FLOWS TRADE IN GOODS TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WASTE MANAGEMENT WELFARE LOSS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO ZERO TARIFFS de Melo, Jaime Vijil, Mariana The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect? |
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At the Davos forum of January 2014, a
group of 14 countries pledged to launch negotiations on
liberalizing trade in "green goods" (also known as
"environmental" goods), focusing on the
elimination of tariffs for an Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation list of 54 products. The paper shows that the
Davos group, with an average tariff of 1.8 percent, has
little to offer as countries have avoided submitting
products with tariff peaks for tariff reductions. Even if
the list were extended to the 411 products on the World
Trade Organization list, taking into account tariff
dispersion, the tariff structure on environmental goods
would be equivalent to a uniform tariff of 3.4 percent,
about half the uniform tariff-equivalent for
non-environmental goods. Enlarging the number of
participants to low-income countries might be possible as,
on average, their imports would not increase by more than 8
percent. However, because of the strong complementarities
between trade in environmental goods and trade in
environmental services, these should also be brought to the
negotiation table, although difficulties in reaching
agreement on their scope are likely to be great. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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de Melo, Jaime Vijil, Mariana |
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de Melo, Jaime Vijil, Mariana |
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de Melo, Jaime |
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The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect? |
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The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect? |
| title_full |
The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect? |
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The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect? |
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The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods and Services : What Is on the Table? How Much to Expect? |
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critical mass approach to achieve a deal on green goods and services : what is on the table? how much to expect? |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20291029/critical-mass-approach-achieve-deal-green-goods-services-table-much-expect http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20499 |
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