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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 138

 

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION: ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF AMBITION AND LIKELY IMPACTS [14 October 2014]

by Shintaro Hamanaka

http://www.adb.org/publications/world-trade-organization-agreement-trade-facilitation-assessing-level-ambition-likely-impacts

or

http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/reiwp-138-wto-agreement-trade-facilitation.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

 

Description

 

At the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in Bali on 3–6 December 2013, the ministers agreed upon the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF). This paper assesses the level of ambition of the ATF from two angles. First, the use of softening language in each provision is examined. Second, the final agreement is compared against the draft text prepared before the Bali conference. Then, the paper considers the likely legal, economic, capacity building, and reform-inducing impacts of the ATF.

 

Contents

 

Abstract

Introduction

Commitment Methodology under the ATF (Section II)

Obligations Set by the ATF (Section I)

Likely Impacts

Conclusion

References

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