Unordnung in der Internationalen Handelsordnung: Befunde, Gründe, Auswirkungen und Therapien

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In the past, many WTO member states have liberalized their trade policies unilaterally. However, they were decreasingly prepared to guarantee these measures multilaterally, that is to bind them. This paper analyzes the background of this development by resorting to three political economy arguments pro multilateral binding: the terms of trade externality argument, the tying hand argument, that is to protect a government which is prone to liberalize against domestic lobby groups, and finally the argument that trade policies are instruments for general political targets. For all three arguments, it is shown why an important driving force of mercantilistically motivated trade negotiations has become weaker, the reciprocity requirement. The paper recommends narrower negotiation issues and mandates to prevent a further rising heterogeneity of issues and negotiation partners.

Object Details

• Language: Deutsch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1533

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
• Subject: International Trading Order ; Multilateral Trading Negotiations ; Reciprocity ; Internationale Handelspolitik ; Außenhandelspolitik ; Public Choice ; Verhandlungen ; Reziprozität (Verhaltensökonomik) ; Außenhandelsliberalisierung ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Langhammer, Rolf J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/28366
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET