Do comprehensive trade agreements generate more trade? A conjecture to reconcile alternative theories

June 20, 2016

Ours is an age of free trade agreements (FTAs) of all sorts and of various depth and breadth in the issues they cover - simple bilateral preferential trade agreements, broad economic partnership agreements, regional trade agreements, customs unions, monetary unions, and single markets. 

 

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Topics: REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS (RTAS) GLOBAL TRADE ARCHITECTURE GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS (GVCS)

Authors: DAN CIURIAK

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