... Act (AGOA) offered by the USA is one of the most notable preferential trade agreements. It grants duty- and quota-free access to eligible African countries for a select group of product categories. AGOA has been considered central to expanding trade and promoting economic transformation in sub-Saharan...

...Lionel Fontagné; Nadia Rocha; Michele Ruta; Gianluca Santoni Abstract This paper explores the economic impacts of preferential trade agreements, conditional on their level of ambition. It clusters 278 agreements, encompassing 910 provisions over 18 policy areas and estimates the trade elasticity...

... policy. In this paper, we argue that nationalism and populism are likely to discourage trade liberalization in democratic states, but that these forces will have little influence on trade policy in non-democracies. To test this argument, we focus on state involvement in preferential trade agreements...

... (MP), this article investigates the impact of preferential trade agreements on foreign affiliates’ production activities. We find that trade agreements with investment provisions have a positive effect on MP. On average, signing an agreement including investment provisions is associated with increased...

... the effect of preferential trade agreements on monthly exports of fresh grapes, pears, apples, oranges and mandarins to the European Union (EU) during 2001–2004, using a gravity model. Preference margins are calculated to include quotas and the entry price system, and the model recognises that countries may...

... Sur MERCOSUR Malaysia t tests regionalism external tariffs trade liberalization preferential trade agreements Asia tariff complementarity trade diversion trade creation We are grateful to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for very helpful assistance in obtaining the data on ASEAN preferential...

...This chapter models preferential trade agreement (PTA) formation as a competitive process, demonstrating that the presence of bilateral intra-industry trade informs us as to which states will form PTAs. This follows because (1) firms benefit from larger markets and increased efficiency, potentially...

... system Special Drawing Rights SDRs capital controls quantitative easing South Korea economic reform reforms World Trade Organization WTO multilateral negotiations preferential trade agreements PTAs Trade Facilitation Agreement TFA ASEAN Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership RCEP...

... of the WTO's non‐discrimination principle. The sections of the chapter are as follows: Motivations for regional economic integration; GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) Article XXIV: Preferential trade agreements; GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) Article V: Economic integration; Trading...

... these topics is not an empty set, it is substantially smaller than one might expect. This chapter highlights some of the work that has begun to explore the linkages between trade and exchange rate policies, focusing on policies such as optimal currency areas and preferential trade agreements. We also take...

... countries have chosen a particular route of integration: preferential trade agreements (PTAs) between North and South. We discuss the salient role of exporters in trade politics, and point to the limitations of applying existing models of trade policy choices to developing countries. The chapter closes...

... preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are in the form of free trade agreements (FTAs), which is a rare few contain an added common external tariff that converts them into customs unions (CUs). John Maynard Keynes, arguably the twentieth century's most influential economist, was reverting...

... to first understand that few lay people and policy makers can appreciate the critical difference between preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and genuine multilateral, nondiscriminatory trade liberalization in order to fully understand the many reasons why PTAs have now turned into a pandemic and a pox...

... of component parts along the various stages of the clothing value chain. Agreement on Textiles and Clothing ATC employment institutions institutional framework Multi‐Fibre Arrangements MFA preferential trade agreements protectionism rules of origin supplier countries supply chain tariffs trade...

... mining sector Moharram family publishing sector Trade protection preferential trade agreements non-tariff measures political economy Egypt Morocco politically connected firms Middle Eastern economies have maintained one of the most protective trade regimes in the world. Global estimates of trade...

...This book shines a critical light on preferential trade agreements (PTAs), revealing how the rapid spread of PTAs endangers the world trading system. Numbering by now well over 300, and rapidly increasing, these preferential trade agreements, many taking the form of free trade agreements, have re...

... to the top counter party principle defensive measures issuance principle Controlled Foreign Corporation rule high frequency trading coherence economic obstacles group benefit abolition of double taxation preferential trade agreements Custom Union Free Trade Area trade creation trade diversion...

... at the ground level. In doing so, it also takes into account the implications of services liberalization as part of bilateral investment treaties and preferential trade agreements (PTAs). While services PTAs might be less trade distorting than their counterparts in merchandise trade, they generate several...

... competition. With Korea's signature of preferential trade agreements with the EU and the US, economic factors may become a more significant driver of Asian regionalism. But strategic constraints will remain central, seen for instance in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has been closely associated...

...Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are en vogue both as policy tool, as well as research subject. We do not beg to differ. In this paper, inspired by the in-going negotiations between the EU (European Union) and the US (United States) on the TTIP (Trans-Atlantic Trade...