Figure 2.2.1. Potential Gains from Tackling
Traditional Trade Barriers
(Percent)
220 1. Market Share Index in Global WTO ITA
Products of “Passive Signatories”
200
(Index, 0 = 100)
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
–7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
Years in ITA
4
5
20 2. Estimated Reductions in Ad-Valorem Tariff
Equivalent Trade Costs Due to WTO TFA
(Percent)
15
10
5
0
Developed
G-20
developing
Other
developing
Leastdeveloped
Sources: Henn and Mkrtchyan (2015); and World Trade
Organization (WTO) Statistics database.
Note: ITA = Information Technology Agreement; TFA = Trade
Facilitation Agreement. Panel 1 shows the evolution (pre- and
post-WTO ITA accession) of information technology exports
of “passive signatories,” that is, those countries that joined
the agreement as part of a large policy objective rather than
due to an established comparative advantage in the sector.