Irene Trela

Global Effects of Developed Country Trade Restrictions on Textiles and Apparel

This paper uses an applied general equilibrium model to analyze the impacts of quota and tariff restrictions used by developed countries against textile and clothing imports from developing countries. In the model, countries are represented by their actual size in terms of GDP, weakening rent transfer effects compared to partial equilibrium analysis. Results, based on 1986 data, suggest annual global gains from elimination of quotas and tariffs of around

International Trade in Grains: Domestic Policies and Trade Impacts*

23 billion. In aggregate, developing countries gain around

Regional aspects of confederation

8 billion, suggesting that gains to developing countries from improved access more than offset losses from foregone rent transfers as quotas and tariffs are abolished. Copyright 1990 by Royal Economic Society.

Unravelling The Threads Of The Mfa

This paper contains a brief summary of the nature of domestic policies and international agreements in agriculture, and an outline of a simple computable gene ral equilibrium model of the grain market. Preliminary results presen ted here suggest that the gains from global liberalization in agricul ture could exceed the gains from further liberalization on trade in m anufactured goods by the developed world. Copyright 1987 by The editors of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.