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SSRN Electronic Journal
Mind the Gap: Navigating between the WTO Agreement and Its Accession Protocols2016 •
This paper offers a detour from the well‐trodden ground of WTO accession procedures and the challenges acceding countries face throughout their accession negotiations, and instead focuses on the WTO accession process from the point of view of those on the other side of the table, namely WTO Members
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Vol. 10, …
TRIPS: A Link Too Far? A Proposal for Procedural Restraints on Regulatory Linkage in the WTO2010 •
While the WTO now represents most of the world's population, GDP, and trade, the accession process since its founding has been lengthy, and it is getting longer. Compared to its predecessor, the GATT, the WTO applies a much more detailed and legalistic approach to accession, due to its broader scope of policy coverage and the enforcement powers of the Dispute Settlement Understanding. In WTO accession cases, WTO incumbent members have a superior bargaining position. The present study provides evidence that the elapsed time from WTO application to accession has increased with the number of completed accessions, suggesting a process of learning by WTO members to bargain for more demanding concessions from applicants. Regarding the terms of accession, the number of rules commitments has increased, and the level of bound tariffs has fallen, as the number of completed accessions has increased. In view of the difficult cases remaining in order to complete universal WTO membership, the author proposes more flexibility in accession requirements, along the lines of the GATT tradition.
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International Journal of Food Science & Technology
Mechanized fermentation systems for the production of experimental soy sauce koji2007 •
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Flow and Stock Analysis of Polish Unemployment: January 1990 - May 19911991 •
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
A comparative evaluation of the Gram stain and India ink stain for the rapid diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV infected patients in Durban2015 •
Sedimentary Geology
Formation of aeolian dunes on Anholt, Denmark since AD 1560: A record of deforestation and increased storminess2007 •
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Academia Biology
Morphofunctional variations of the Echinometra lucunter (Echinoidea) on Bahia Coast, Brazil2023 •
Journal of the Graduate School of Letters
Whose archaeology?: Decolonizing Archaeological Perspective in Hokkaido Island2009 •