Will the doha round lead to preference erosion?
By: Mary Amiti, John Romalis.
Contributors: Amiti, Mary.; Romalis, John.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 12971; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 12971.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries.  It shows that for many developing countries, actual preferential access is less generous than it appears because of low product coverage or complex rules of origin.  Thus lowering tariffs under the multilateral system is likely to lead to a net increase in market access for many developing countries, with gains in market access offsetting losses from preference erosion.  Furthermore, comparing various tariff-cutting proposals, the research shows that the largest gains in market access are generated by higher tariff cuts in agriculture"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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