Smoke in the water : the use of tariff policy flexibility in crises (English)

As the economic crisis deepens and widens, fears of a return to the protectionist spiral of the 1930s become more common. However, an important difference between the 1930s and today is the existence of the World Trade Organization and the legal limits it imposes on the protectionist responses members can pursue. The objective of this paper is threefold. First, to assess the extent to which applied tariff can legally be raised without violating tariff-bound...

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Foletti,Liliana;

Fugazza,Marco;

Nicita,Alessandro;

Olarreaga,Marcelo;
Document Date
2009/09/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5050
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Smoke in the water : the use of tariff policy flexibility in crises
Keywords
water

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Foletti,Liliana; Fugazza,Marco; Nicita,Alessandro; Olarreaga,Marcelo.

Smoke in the water : the use of tariff policy flexibility in crises (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5050 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/740581468338974725

Smoke in the water : the use of tariff policy flexibility in crises (English)

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