UID:
almafu_9959691565102883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 598 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-02819-4
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1-316-02867-4
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1-316-02964-6
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1-316-03012-1
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1-107-44467-5
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1-316-01845-8
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1-316-03108-X
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1-316-03156-X
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1-316-03204-3
Content:
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have been proliferating for more than two decades, with the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and a Trans-Pacific Partnership being just the tip of the iceberg. This volume addresses some of the most pressing issues related to the surge of these agreements. It includes chapters written by leading political scientists, economists and lawyers which theoretically and empirically advance our understanding of trade agreements. The key theme is that PTAs vary widely in terms of design. The authors provide explanations as to why we see these differences in design and whether and how these differences matter in practice. The tools for understanding the purposes and effects of PTAs that are offered will guide future research and inform practitioners and trade policy experts about progress in the scientific enquiry into PTAs.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The purpose, design and effects of preferential trade agreements; Part I Why do countries sign PTAs?; 2 Technology, politics and economic exchanges: Historical patterns in international economic agreements; 3 The political economy of preferential trade agreements; 4 Weak governments and preferential trade agreements; 5 Natural trading partners?: A public opinion perspective on preferential trade agreements
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6 Regionalisation in search of regionalism: Production networks and deep integration commitments in Asia's PTAsPart II The design of PTAs; 7 Imitation and innovation in international governance: The diffusion of trade agreement design; 8 PTA design, tariffs and intra-industry trade; 9 Audiovisual goods and services in preferential trade agreements; 10 Competition policy and free trade: Antitrust provisions in PTAs; 11 PTAs and public procurement; 12 Trade agreements, violent conflict and security; 13 Dispute settlement provisions in PTAs: New data and new concepts
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Part III The effects of PTAs14 Preliminary examination of heterogeneous effects on international trade of economic integration agreements; 15 Effects of deep versus shallow trade agreements in general equilibrium; 16 Revisiting the trade effects of services agreements; 17 Trade agreements as protection from risk; 18 What do we know about preferential trade agreements and temporary trade barriers?; Part IV PTAs and the multilateral trading system; 19 The dialectical relationship of preferential and multilateral trade agreements
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20 Forget about the WTO: The network of relations between PTAs and double PTAs21 Plurilateral agreements, variable geometry and the WTO; 22 Referring PTA disputes to the WTO dispute settlement system; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-56052-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-08387-7
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316018453
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