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    EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement: potential impacts on rural livelihoods and gender (with focus on bio-fuels feedstock expansion)

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
    The trade-sustainable impact assessments of the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement find that the social and environmental impacts of the trade liberalisation scenario would be mixed and potentially unfavourable. This paper addresses the likely effects on the livelihoods of vulnerable rural populations.
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    Competition clauses in bilateral trade treaties: analysing the issues in the context of India's future negotiating strategy

    Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2008
    The failure to include competition provisions at the WTO multilateral framework provided the scope for including their inclusion at bilateral/regional level. However, there are large differences across free trade agreements (FTAs) in terms of how the competition provisions are addressed.
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    Preliminary note on financial crisis and trade and investment treaties

    Third World Network, 2009
    This policy note states that north-south free trade agreements (FTAs), bilateral investment treaties (BTIs) and WTO commitments often contain a number of provisions that can increase the likelihood of a financial crisis. Moreover, these provisions make it more difficult to take the necessary measures to deal with such crisis once it occurs.
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    Government procurement in Economic Partnership Agreements and FTAs

    South Centre, 2008
    The ability of governments to procure from firms of its own choice can be an important development tool and can also be an instrument for macroeconomic management. This Policy Brief analyses the scope of international trade rules governing government procurement in the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) with developing countries (DCs).
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    The collapse of global trade, murky protectionism, and the crisis: recommendations for the G20

    Vox, 2009
    This ebook aims to inform practical measures to address the problem of protectionism amongst policy makers leading up to the G20 summit April 2009. The authors suggest that trade must be a more central issue now after being side-lined at the last G20 meeting in November.
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    Resurgent protectionism: risks and possible remedies

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009
    Although the impact of trade-restricting measures enacted so far is small, the risk of a devastating resurgence of protectionism is real. This paper deems that a trade war today would generate even greater losses than those associated with protectionism during the Great Depression. The paper believes that G20 leaders must set a coordinated plan to avoid a resurgence of protectionism.
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    Trade in energy services: GATS and India

    Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2009
    This study examines India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in energy services within the GATS framework. It also identifies the barriers and lists reform measures which are essential to make the sector globally competitive. The paper states that India has progressively liberalised the sector and there are no major entry barriers.
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    Distortions to agricultural incentives in Africa

    World Bank Publications, 2008
    This paper summarises a set of case studies measuring distortions within and across 21 African countries over time. It seeks to improve understanding of agricultural policy interventions and reforms. One further objective of the paper is to explore the prospects for more policy reforms and their potential effects.
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    Agricultural export restrictions: welfare implications and trade disciplines

    International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, USA, 2009
    Export restrictions are often imposed as a mean to promote domestic food security. Although they may bring some short-term relief to domestic consumers, economic analysis shows that their overall impact on the domestic economy as well as on the rest of the world is negative.
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    Are there special risks from trade and finance in the 2008-9 recession?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    This policy brief warns that risks on trade are very high in the current financial crisis, and discusses some possible ways for reducing them. The paper notes that trade is falling more rapidly than we realise, and the falls are not confined to special sectors.

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