India and the Multilateral Trading System after Seattle : Toward a Proactive Role

The authors argue that India should engage more actively in the multilateral trading system for four reasons: First, such engagement could facilitate domestic reform, and improve access to export markets. If the government could show that domestic reform would pay off with increased access to market...

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Main Authors:	Mattoo, Aaditya, Subramanian, Arvind
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	multilateral trade negotiations reform policy export markets domestic regulatory framework exports opposition to participation external trade credibility lending instruments competitiveness market access quota ratio tariff reductions regional cooperation trade liberalization adverse impacts agricultural exporters agricultural markets agricultural products agricultural trade agriculture anti-competitive practices antidumping antidumping actions antidumping cases applied tariff average tariff average tariff rates balance of payments bargaining power barriers to entry bound tariff comparative advantage competition law competition policies competition policy competitive markets competitive practices concessions consumer protection country markets current environment customs developed countries dispute settlement dispute settlement process domestic economy domestic firms domestic industry domestic investors domestic legislation domestic policy reform domestic reforms domestic regulation domestic regulations domestic suppliers dynamic benefits economic efficiency economic policies economic research economic value eliminating barriers environmental standards export subsidies exporters financial services foreign banks foreign markets global liberalization guarantee of access high tariffs imports income industrial products intellectual property intellectual property rights interest groups international negotiating inventions investment policy labor mobility labor standards legal systems legislation liberal policies local content market failures market power MFN tariffs multilateral arena multilateral system multilateral tariff reduction multilateral tariffs multilateral trade multilateralism mutual recognition mutual recognition agreements national sovereignty negotiating agenda negotiating position open trade openness partner countries partner country policy environment policy instruments policy makers policy reform political economy preferential access preferential arrangements preferential trading preferential trading arrangements programs property rights protectionism public policy quantitative restrictions quotas reducing barriers regional agreements regionalism regulatory barriers tariff lines tariff rates taxation telecommunications terms of trade trade barriers trade diversion trade diversion costs trade losses trade policies trade policy trade protection trading partners trading system transfer of technology TRIPs agreement unilateral reform Uruguay Round world exports world markets World Trade World Trade Organization WTO
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21442