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Disentangling regional trade agreements, trade flows and tobacco affordability in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Background In principle, trade and investment agreements are meant to boost economic growth. However, the removal of trade barriers and the provision of investment incentives to attract foreign direct investments may facilitate increased trade in and/or ...
Adriana Appau +4 more
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Regional trade agreements and agricultural trade: An analysis of Zimbabwe’s agricultural trade flows
The main aim of the study was to assess the impact of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Southern African Development Community Free Trade Area (SADC-FTA) on Zimbabwe’s agricultural trade flows.
Admire Chawarika +2 more
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INDIA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
The main objective of the proposed study is to identify the specifics of India’s participation in the regional trade agreements (RTAs), a comparative analysis of the main provisions of the RTAs and the impact of membership in the integration agreements ...
V. I. Baronov, G. M. Kostyunina
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Regional Trade Agreements [PDF]
This paper reviews the evolution of thinking about regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the policy developments reflected in three waves of RTAs during the last half century.
Richard Pomfret
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China's New Regional Trade Agreements [PDF]
This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the WTO in 2002. Agreements are in place with Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand, and are either in negotiation or under ...
Antkiewicz, Agata, Whalley, John
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FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS IN THE WORLD TRADE SYSTEM: BENEFITS AND MODELS
It is indicated that one of the characteristic features of the modern trade system is the rapid growth of the number of regional trade agreements, which, in turn, causes asymmetry in the dominance of regional cross-border trade rules over multilateral ...
Тетяна Циганкова +5 more
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This study examines the possible challenges and prospects of the recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement on South-South trade. The recent ratification of the agreement by the African Union (AU) Heads of Government and
Anayochukwu Basil Chukwu +2 more
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Multilateral trading system and regional economic integrations [PDF]
Development in recent years suggets that Regional Trade Agreements have become a very prominent feature of the Multilateral Trading System and an important trade policy instrument for WTO Members.
Savić Biljana
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Size of Regional Trade Agreements and Regional Trade Bias [PDF]
We test the relationship between size of regional trade agreement (RTA) and regional trade bias using a gravity equation on a large sample of 143 countries for the period 1980-2003. We find that regional trade bias declines with the size of the club and that three of the four expanding RTAs have already surpassed their 'optimal' sizes.
Michele Fratianni, Chang Hoon Oh
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Trade Remedy Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements [PDF]
This paper examines trade remedy provisions in regional trade agreements (RTAs). By trade remedies are meant anti-dumping, countervailing and emergency or safeguard measures. Anti-dumping and countervailing duties can be levied on exporters who engage in ‘unfair’ trading practices that cause material injury to domestic producers.
Teh, Robert +2 more
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