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Trade Flows and Trade Disputes

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dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Kara M.
dc.contributor.authorBown, Chad P.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-15T14:26:45Z
dc.date.available2014-08-15T14:26:45Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper introduces a new data set and establishes a set of basic facts and patterns regarding the trade that countries fight about under World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement. The paper characterizes the scope of products, as well as the levels of and changes to the trade values, market shares, volumes, and prices for those goods that eventually become subject to WTO litigation. The first result is striking heterogeneity in the level of market access at stake across disputes: for example, 14 percent of cases over disputed import products feature bilateral trade that is less than $1 million per year and another 15 percent feature bilateral trade that is more than $1 billion per year. Nevertheless, some strong patterns emerge from a more detailed examination of the data. Both high- and low-income complainants tend to suffer important losses in foreign market access in the products that ultimately become subject to dispute. Furthermore, although the respondent's imposition of an allegedly WTO-inconsistent policy is associated with reductions, on average, in trade values, volumes, and exporter-received prices, there is some evidence of differences in the size of these changes across the different types of policies under dispute and the potential exporter country litigants. Finally, these different types of policies under dispute can have dissimilar trade effects for the complainant relative to other (non-complainant) exporters of the disputed product and this is likely to affect the litigation allegiance of third countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19894128/trade-flows-trade-disputes
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6979
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19343
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6979
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING DUTIES
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING DUTY
dc.subjectAVERAGE PRICE
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBENCHMARKS
dc.subjectBILATERAL IMPORTS
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE DATA
dc.subjectCHANGES IN TRADE
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCONCESSIONS
dc.subjectCOST STRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOUNTERVAILING DUTIES
dc.subjectCOUNTERVAILING MEASURES
dc.subjectCOUNTRY MARKET
dc.subjectCOUNTRY MARKETS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS UNION
dc.subjectDEMAND CURVE
dc.subjectDEMAND ELASTICITIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDISPUTE SETTLEMENT
dc.subjectDISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
dc.subjectDISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS
dc.subjectDISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subjectDOLLAR VALUE
dc.subjectDOLLAR VALUES
dc.subjectDUMPING
dc.subjectDUMPING MARGIN
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subjectEUROPEAN UNION
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectEXPORT POLICY
dc.subjectEXPORT PRICE
dc.subjectEXPORT PRICES
dc.subjectEXPORT SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectEXPORT SUPPLY
dc.subjectEXPORT VOLUMES
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectEXPORTING COUNTRY
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectEXTERNALITY
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFIXED COST
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKET
dc.subjectFOREIGN PRODUCERS
dc.subjectFOREIGN SOURCES
dc.subjectFORMAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectFREE RIDERS
dc.subjectFUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subjectGLOBAL POLICIES
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectIMPORT DUTY
dc.subjectIMPORT POLICIES
dc.subjectIMPORT POLICY
dc.subjectIMPORT PRICES
dc.subjectIMPORT PRODUCTS
dc.subjectIMPORT PROTECTION
dc.subjectIMPORT VALUE
dc.subjectIMPORTED PRODUCTS
dc.subjectIMPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectIMPORTING COUNTRY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
dc.subjectLEGAL ASPECTS
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRY
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME ECONOMY
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMARKET ENTRY
dc.subjectMARKET POWER
dc.subjectMARKET SHARE
dc.subjectMARKET SHARES
dc.subjectMERCHANDISE
dc.subjectNATIONAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectOPTIMAL TARIFFS
dc.subjectPANEL REPORT
dc.subjectPANEL STAGE
dc.subjectPARTICULAR COUNTRY
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPOTENTIAL DECLINES
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGE
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRICE DEFLATOR
dc.subjectPRICE INCREASE
dc.subjectPRICE LEVELS
dc.subjectPRODUCT MARKETS
dc.subjectRECIPROCAL REDUCTION
dc.subjectREMEDIES
dc.subjectSAFEGUARD MEASURES
dc.subjectSALES
dc.subjectSMALL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectSPECIALIZATION
dc.subjectSUPPLIER
dc.subjectSUPPLY ELASTICITY
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTERMS OF TRADE
dc.subjectTRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE DATA
dc.subjectTRADE DISPUTE
dc.subjectTRADE DISPUTES
dc.subjectTRADE DIVERSION
dc.subjectTRADE EFFECTS
dc.subjectTRADE FLOW DATA
dc.subjectTRADE FLOWS
dc.subjectTRADE NEGOTIATORS
dc.subjectTRADE PATTERNS
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE PREFERENCE
dc.subjectTRADE REMEDIES
dc.subjectTRADE RULES
dc.subjectTRADE SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRADE VALUES
dc.subjectTRADE VARIABLES
dc.subjectTRADE VOLUMES
dc.subjectURUGUAY ROUND
dc.subjectVALUE OF IMPORTS
dc.subjectVALUE OF TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD PRICES
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectWORLD TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subjectWTO
dc.titleTrade Flows and Trade Disputesen
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okr.crossref.titleTrade Flows and Trade Disputes
okr.date.disclosure2014-07-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:02:55.283279Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19894128/trade-flows-trade-disputes
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid100881468322777701
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6979
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20140728105654
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum19894128
okr.identifier.reportWPS6979
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20539
okr.sectorIndustry and trade :: Other domestic and international trade
okr.themeTrade and integration :: Trade facilitation and market access
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicLaw and Development::Trade Law
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Emerging Markets
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.unitTrade and International Integration Team, Development Research Group (DECTI)
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