Trade facilitation by way of simplifying trade procedures has long been worked by various international organizations. After the World Trade Organization reached its Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), enforcing the agreed-upon trade facilitation…
THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON POVERTY: ECONOMIC GROWTH –UNEMPLOYMENT LINKAGE
By:
Taleb Awad-Warrad
WTO-Chair Holder
Prof. of Economics
University of Jordan
WTO/WORLD BANK TRADE & POVERTY FORUM Geneva, Switzerland, 26 May 2016
I. Introduction A former professor of mine was fond of telling us, “Beware of men who ask binary questions because such men already know the answers they want to get”. When Singapore first started negotiating our first free trade agreements (FTAs),…