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Economic research and trade policy analysis

Tariff spillovers and new rules for multilateral tariff negotiations

Feb 2024
Working Paper
World Trade Organization, Eddy Bekkers and Alexander Keck
Some countries have voiced unease about differences between their own tariff rates and those of major trading partners, calling for more ”reciprocity”. These calls raise the question how large the negative spillover effects of countries’ tariffs on others have become over time.

The Trade Effects of a New Agreement on Services Domestic Regulation

Feb 2024
Working Paper
World Trade Organization, Roger Yu So and Eddy Bekkers
In this paper, we project the impact of the implementation of a Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on Services Domestic Regulation (SDR). We proceed in three steps. First, we include the WTO SDR Index, a binary score of SDR implementation in 23 sectors and 86 economies, in a gravity equation, estimated with the balance of payments services trade. We take into account domestic services trade to identify the impact of the importer-specific SDR Index by interacting the SDR Index with a border dummy, following an established methodology in the gravity literature.