Research Articles

The Political Economy of Service Sector Negotiations in the Uruguay Round

|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|

The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, 1992
The multilateral trading system has been under attack.

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Debt Forgiveness: Dangerous Trend or Absolute Necessity?

|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|

World Link, 1991
As the debt crisis drags on into a second decade, debate rages over whether the banks should forgive part of the debt owed to them by debtor countries.

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Foreign Debt: The Mexican Experience

|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|

Relazioni Internazionali, 1990
On February 4, 1990, Mexico and its creditors signed an international debt accord that was both hailed and assailed.

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Interpreting the History of Mexico’s External Debt Crises

|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|

The International Debt Crisis in Historical Perspective, 1989
For analytical purposes, we can consider four epochs in international lending and rescheduling over the last 160 years.

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The Dynamics of Negotiated Protectionism

|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|

American Political Science Review, 1987
Recent protectionism by the United States has principally taken the form of negotiated barriers to trade, such as voluntary export restraints.

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The Unraveling of the Multi Fiber Arrangement, 1981: An Examination of International Regime Change

|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|

International Organization, 1981
Trade in textile and apparel products illustrates many of the conflicts that arise from a shifting international division of labor.

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