Eliminating excessive tariffs on exports of least developed countries

Average most-favored-nation tariffs in the "Quad" (Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States) have fallen to about 5 percent. But tariffs more than three times the average most-favored-nation duty are not uncommon in the Quad and have a disproportionate effect on exports of...

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Main Author: Hoekman, Bernard M.
Corporate Author: World Bank Development Research Group
Other Authors: Ng, Francis, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C World Bank, Development Research Group. Trade 2001
Series:Policy research working paper
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520 |a Average most-favored-nation tariffs in the "Quad" (Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States) have fallen to about 5 percent. But tariffs more than three times the average most-favored-nation duty are not uncommon in the Quad and have a disproportionate effect on exports of least developed countries. Giving the poorest countries duty-free access for peak-tariff products would increase their total annual exports by roughly