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  2002 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers

  United States Trade Representative, 2002

  This USTR report provides an inventory of the most important foreign barriers affecting U.S. exports of goods and services, foreign direct investment by U.S. persons, and protection of intellectual property rights. Its purpose is to guide US policy in reducing or eliminating these barriers and to act as a tool in enforcing U.S. trade laws.
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  Standards and conformity assessment as nontariff barriers to trade

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
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  Trade and the environment

  World Trade Organization, 1999

  Argues that international economic integration and growth reinforce the need for sound environmental policies at the national and international level. International cooperation is particularly important in addressing transboundary and global environmental challenges beyond the control of any individual nation.Questions include: Is economic integration a threat to the environment?
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  Tree Trade: Liberalization of International Commerce in Forest Products: Risks and Opportunities

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1999

  Analyzes the risks and opportunities associated with proposed liberalization of international commerce in forest products, focusing in the negotiations at the WTO Seattle conference.Notes that unless countries that export forest products improve forest protection policies, laws, and practices, further trade liberalization poses a significant threat to efforts to conserve and sustainably manage
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  Nontariff barriers Africa faces : what did the Uruguay Round accomplish, and what remains to be done?

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  African countries should generally benefit from the Uruguay Round liberalization of non tariff barriers, although some countries may suffer losses. The main danger could be failure to undertake the domestic reforms needed to take advantage of the more competitive trade environment.Perhaps the major accomplishment of the Uruguay Round is agreements reached on non tariff barriers (NTBs).
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  WTO: Understanding the Development Angle [Trade and Development Background Briefings]

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  Series of 10 short background papers, each on a different aspect of the WTO agenda and describing how developing countries may be affected by different outcomes, and what preparations they need to make to participate effectively. Developing countries have joined the WTO in large numbers, in the expectation that its objectives of rule-based liberal trade will foster development.

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