This project, a joint venture with UNCTAD, focuses on aspects of applied research and capacity building related to trade facilitation, trade policy and rules of origin.

On trade facilitation, the project aims at delivering an integrated research and capacity building program on transit, transport and trade facilitation.

On rules of origin, the project aims at developing tools and research to understand the extent of differences in product-specific rules of origin across countries and trade agreements with a view to detecting possible convergence or divergence, enhancing transparency in monitoring the use of trade preferences and applying trade facilitation concepts to rules of origin certification procedures.

On trade policy, the project aims at delivering a focused and tailored advice based on research and capacity building to ASEAN LDC countries on market access and trade policy.

Activities include applied research, executive round tables as well as advocacy actions.

Projects

Publications and Knowledge

Publications

• Using Utilization Rates to Identify Rules of Origin Reforms : the Case of EU Free Trade Area Agreements, Pramila Crivelli, Stefano Inama, Jonas Kasteng
• Towards Convergence on Rules of Origin Between Trade at the Regional and Multilateral Level, Stefano Inama, Inter American Development Bank (IADB ), International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
• Rules of Origin as Non-Tariff Measures: Towards Greater Regulatory Convergence, Bernard Hoekman, Stefano Inama, European University Institute
• Harmonization of rules of origin: an agenda for plurilateral cooperation?, Bernard Hoekman and Stefano Inama
• Convergence on the Calculation Methodology for Drafting Rules of Origin in FTAs Using the Ad Valorem Criterion, Stefano Inama, Pramila Crivelli, Global Trade and Customs Journal
• The use of the EU FTAs, Stefano Inama, UNCTAD and Swedish Board of trade
• Getting to better Rules of Origin for LDCs using Utilization rates: From the WTO Ministerial decision in Hong Kong (2005) To Bali (2013), Nairobi (2015) and beyond, Stefano Inama, Pramila Crivelli, UNCTAD
• A methodology to identify candidates for reforming rules of origin: Linking utilization of EU FTAs to rules of origin, Pramila Crivelli, Kasteng, Stefano Inama, European University Institute

Knowledge

• Making RCEP successful through business-friendly rules of origin
• Selected issues on rules of origin for least developed countries, Pramila Crivelli, Stefano Inama
  (1) Direct consignment rule
  (2) Chinese utilization rates of trade preferences
• Excel worksheet and presentation at EUI on June 2018, Pramila Crivelli, Stefano Inama
• The methodologies of drafting the ad valorem percentage criterion: existing practices in African RECs and way forward for AfCFTA, Stefano Inama
• Technical note on drafting product-specific rules of origin in HS chapter 71 and HS chapter 86, Stefano Inama
• The treatment of goods originating in Special Economic Zones in the African Continental Free trade, Stefano Inama, Pramila Crivelli, Mark Pearson
• Draft manual on rules of origin for AfCFTA, Stefano Inama

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