Trade - Matches

There are three major developments in the area of foreign trade in 1990s: (a) the WTO-Uruguay Round agreement in 1995; (b) the AFTA agreement; and (c)..

Environmentalists and economists alike have assumed that greater economic openness will lead to increased industrial pollution in developing countries..

Apart from their nutritional value, vegetables contribute to the farmer鈥檚 income when sold locally and to the country鈥檚 foreign exchange when sold..

This study takes off from an earlier inquiry on the effects of Home Consumption Value (HCV) valuation. It is intended to assist policymakers in examin..

This paper explains why currency movements and trade volumes, while theoretically related, have minimal effect on each other, in practice. In addition..

Recently, one of the most highly controversial reforms implemented in the Philippines is the trade reform program. It includes tarrification of quanti..

The fast economic integration of the world in the 1990s has brought new players, new products and new technology into the market, paving the way for i..

A big challenge on WTO member countries is their compliance to the provisions of trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) ..

How have our trade and industrial policies affected the environment? Have they led to increased environmental degradation? Citing empirical support, t..

Significant trade and industrial reforms have been instituted for more than a decade now. While the economy has been growing by more than 6%, there ar..

The Philippines has escaped the worst of the Asian crisis. It is now the authority鈥檚 task to ensure that reforms are not overdone with trade-offs.Po..

The downward trend in Asian tariff rates can be attributed to several factors, the most important of which are the general agreement in multilateral a..

Reduction in tariff rates has been one of the major developments in international trade. With the forged commitments in Uruguay Round and unilateral t..

The growth of the Philippine economy has been erratic since 1980鈥檚. It is only until recently that it shows signs of catching up with the progress o..

From a preferential tariff rate, ASEAN has decided to move to a free trade area by the first decade of the 21st century and the creation of an ASEAN e..