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1 Online-Ressource (279 Seiten)
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1st ed
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9781464818424
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- Latin America and the Caribbean's poor international integration and limited participation in GVCs have contributed to its low economic growth over the past decade -- Although Latin American and Caribbean countries increasingly participate in PTAs, the content and depth of these agreements are uneven -- DTAs present an avenue for promoting trade and boosting GVC integration and upgrading, thus contributing to improved economic performance -- Four areas of deep integration-trade facilitation, regulatory cooperation, services, and state support-are priorities to improve Latin American and Caribbean countries' GVC participation and upgrading -- Notes -- References -- 1 TRADE AND GVC INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- Key messages -- Introduction -- Trade integration in Latin America and the Caribbean -- GVC integration in Latin America and the Caribbean -- The main source and destination regions for Latin American and Caribbean trade -- What determines GVC participation? -- Annex 1A: Supplementary figures and tables -- Notes -- References -- 2 DEEP TRADE AGREEMENTS: PROMOTING TRADE AND GVC INTEGRATION -- Key messages -- Introduction -- The rising trend in preferential trade agreements -- Patterns of deep integration in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Economic impact of deep trade agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean -- DTA content and GVC integration in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Annex 2A: Supplementary tables and figures -- Notes -- References -- 3 TRADE FACILITATION: SIMPLIFYING AND HARMONIZING PROCEDURES -- Key messages -- Introduction -- The benefits of trade facilitation -- Regional context
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Trade facilitation through DTAs -- Impact of trade facilitation provisions on GVCs: An econometric analysis -- Implementation challenges and case study -- Conclusion and policy recommendations -- Annex 3A: Supplementary tables -- Annex 3B: Task facilitation provisions in deep trade agreements: Detailed questions -- Notes -- References -- 4 REGULATORY COOPERATION: REDUCING THE TRADE COSTS OF NONTARIFF MEASURES -- Key messages -- Introduction -- SPS and TBT measures: The role of PTAs in promoting regulatory convergence -- Nontariff measures in Latin America and the Caribbean -- SPS and TBT measures in PTAs: Integration patterns in Latin America and the Caribbean -- The impacts on trade and GVCs of integrating SPS and TBT provisions -- Implementing deep regulatory cooperation in selected Latin American and Caribbean PTAs -- Conclusion -- Annex 4A: A classification of nontariff measures -- Annex 4B: SPS and TBT notifications to the World Trade Organization -- Annex 4C: SPS and TBT provisions in PTAs -- Annex 4D: Aggregate impacts on bilateral trade of SPS and TBT provisions in PTAs -- Annex 4E: Impacts of SPS and TBT provisions in PTAs on firm-level bilateral exports -- Notes -- References -- 5 SERVICES TRADE: REDUCING SKILL AND TECHNOLOGY CONSTRAINTS -- Key messages -- Introduction -- The complexity of services trade agreements -- Services in the evolving global economy -- Services in Latin American and Caribbean GVCs -- Latin American and Caribbean deep trade agreements and services in GVCs -- Conclusion and policy implications -- Notes -- References -- 6 STATE SUPPORT: IMPROVING ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE -- Key messages -- Introduction -- Understanding the impact of state support -- Subsidies, SOEs, and competition in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Subsidy, SOE, and competition policy regulations in trade agreements
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Leveraging PTAs to improve policy transparency -- Cooperation on behind-the-border regulation in PTAs -- Private sector engagement: GVC partnerships as inputs and complements to PTA regulations -- Conclusion -- Annex 6A: Supplementary figures -- Notes -- References -- 7 LEVERAGING DEEP TRADE AGREEMENTS TO PROMOTE GVC INTEGRATION -- Introduction -- An agenda of priorities for reform -- Boxes -- 1.1 Export growth in relation to GVC participation during the COVID-19 pandemic -- 2.1 Preferential tariff liberalization in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 3.1 The Costa Rica-El Salvador ferry project -- 3.2 Empirical specification for the impact of PTA trade facilitation provisions on trade -- 3.3 The single-document FYDUCA process -- 4.1 Nontariff measures in Colombia -- 4.2 The impact on aggregate trade of SPS measures and TBT provisions in PTAs -- 4.3 Eliminating technical obstacles to trade for cosmetic products in the Pacific Alliance -- 4.4 Factors that can help effectively advance regulatory cooperation in PTAs -- 5.1 Digital services in PTAs -- 5.2 Specific commitments and the "water": Evidence from Brazil -- Figures -- O.1 Trade and GDP growth, Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, 2000-18 -- O.2 Latin American and Caribbean countries typically sign deeper agreements with extraregional partners and shallower agreements with intraregional partners, selected years -- O.3 GVC-related trade is higher for countries with deeper agreements -- 1.1 Latin American and Caribbean trade and GDP growth-below that of comparator regions, 2000-18 -- 1.2 Trade in goods and services as a percentage of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, 2018 -- 1.3 Export activity in relation to economic and demographic measures, in selected countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, annual averages
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1.4 Density of exporters in selected countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions -- 1.5 Commodities, food, and manufactures as a share of goods exports in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, 2018 -- 1.6 Commodities versus manufactures as a share of goods exports and product concentration in selected countries, Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, 2018 -- 1.7 Shares of selected sectors in total goods exports, Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, 2018 -- 1.8 Shares of high-tech goods and nontravel services in exports, by selected comparator regions and GVC group -- 1.9 Forward and backward GVC participation, by region and GVC taxonomy group, 2000 versus 2015 -- 1.10 Backward and forward GVC participation in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, by country, 2015 -- 1.11 Backward and forward GVC participation in Latin America and the Caribbean and selected comparator regions, by sector, 2015 -- 1.12 Decomposition of sectoral contributions to backward and forward GVC participation in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, 2015 -- 1.13 Share of exporters and average size of GVC participating firms in selected Latin America and Caribbean and comparator countries -- 1.14 Average number of products and destinations of GVC participating firms relative to exporter-only firms in selected Latin American and Caribbean and comparator countries -- B1.1.1 Growth of exports to selected major markets in January-June 2020 in relation to forward and backward GVC participation of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions -- 1.15 Distribution of total imported inputs in exports, by source region, 2005 versus 2015
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1.16 Sources of imported inputs for GVC participating firms in Latin American and Caribbean countries and selected European and Central Asian countries -- 1.17 Distribution of total domestic value added in exports, by partner region, 2000 versus 2015 -- 1A.1 Exports and imports of goods and services as a share of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, by country, 2018 -- 1A.2 Share of top exporters versus GDP per capita in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, by country -- 1A.3 Export share of high-tech goods versus export sophistication in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, by country, 2018 -- 1A.4 Decomposition of sectoral contributions to GVC participation in Latin America and the Caribbean, by country, 2015 -- 1A.5 Backward and forward GVC participation in Latin America and the Caribbean and comparator regions, by sector, 2000 -- 2.1 Globally, PTAs accelerated in the 1990s, reaching more than 300 by 2019 -- B2.1.1 Trade-weighted average tariffs in Latin America and the Caribbean, by country, 2018 -- B2.1.2 Trade-weighted average tariffs in Latin America and the Caribbean, by partner location, 2018 -- 2.2 Number and coverage ratios of PTAs in Latin America and the Caribbean, selected years -- 2.3 Intraregional PTAs of Latin American and Caribbean countries tend to be shallower in both essential and complementary provisions than the extraregional PTAs, 2017 -- 2.4 Of all Latin American and Caribbean exports under a PTA in 2017-19, less than a fifth went to a regional partner -- 2.5 Percentage of exported domestic value added going from Latin American and Caribbean countries to PTA partners and nonpartners, 2000 to 2015 -- 2.6 Share of domestic value added exported to PTA partners, by agreement and by member country, 2015
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2.7 Percentage of GVC firms' imported inputs from PTA partners or nonpartners, by Latin American and Caribbean importing country
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rocha, Nadia Deep Trade Agreements Washington, D. C. : World Bank Publications,c2022 ISBN 9781464818240
Language:
English
