Editorial: The Fifth WISH/RIJC: The EU, India and China – Strategic Partners in a Changing World

The paper aims at providing empirical evidence of increasing sophistication in services exported by the developing countries.The last two decades have witnessedÂ a phenomenal rise not only in the share of services traded by both developed and developing countries , but also, a structural shift in favour of trade in modern services as against dominance ofÂ traditional services. Spanning over a period of 10 years i.e. from 2000 to 2010 we examine and compare the changing composition and sophistication in services exported by 38 countries comprising: Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China (BRICs), European Union (EU)-15 countries, 12-EU New Member States (EU-NMS), 5-EU Accession countries (EU- ACC), USA and Japan. We use the methodology developed by Hausmann et al (2007) which measures the level of sophistication associated with countryâ€™s export basket of goods. But in this paper we have applied this methodology to study sophistication in the export of services instead of goods.Â We find that there is a big divide in the values of the sophistication index between EU-15 and EU-ACC, the latter exhibiting considerable lower values of the index.Â But the gap in the value of the sophistication index between EU-15 and India, Russia, and some of the EU-NMS has narrowed.Â

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Unlikely Partners? The EU-China Strategic Partnership in a Changing World Order

Unlikely Partners? ◽

10.1007/978-981-10-3141-0_1 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Anna Michalski ◽

Zhongqi Pan

Keyword(s):

World Order ◽

Strategic Partnership ◽

The Eu ◽

Changing World

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Globalisation of Anti-dumping and Its Impact

Foreign Trade Review ◽

10.1177/0015732515030105 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 38 (1-2) ◽

pp. 54-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

T.P. Bhat

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Market Access ◽

Trade Negotiations ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Special Position ◽

Frequent Users ◽

Antidumping Measures ◽

India And China ◽

The Eu ◽

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A steep reduction in tariff duties, dismantling of substantial non-tariff barriers and removing of grey area measures left very little options for the WTO member countries to protect their non-competitive industries. One of the easy ways opened to them has been the initiation of antidumping measures. The WTO rules allow them to opt for anti-dumping measures with some specific stipulations. These are not too strict or stringent to comply with. Besides, anti-dumping has a unique combination ofp olitical and economic manipulability. During the eight years of the WTO regime, the use of anti-dumping measure has become rampant and it is indeed threatening to limit the market access achieved under the GATTIWTO trade negotiations over the last fifty years or so. In the recent years, a large number of developing countries have become the frequent users of anti-dumping (AD) and they account for half of the overall world total. Many of the heaviest AD users are countries who did not even have an AD statute a decade ago. The traditional users continue to make use of AD with more vigour by targeting the new users. The developing countries are targeting each other. The sectoral coverage of AD is over 85 per cent at the end of 2002. As many as 96 countries are the victims and 38 countries are making use of AD actions. The paper attempts to highlight developments in the use of AD actions world over under the WTO regime. It illustrates the position of four important players, namely USA, the EU, India and China as users and the victims of AD actions. It shows the special position of each of these actors occupy in the AD spectrum. Finally, ii concludes on the basis of observations that there is a need to contain and drastically modify the AD agreements to combat the menace. Some suggestions are offered to do so.

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