Chapter 7. The Purpose of Trade Agreements

In this chapter, I review the literature on governments’ motivations for negotiating and joining international trade agreements. I discuss both normative explanations for trade agreements and explanations based on political-economy concerns. Most of the chapter focuses on the purpose of multilateral agreements, but I do discuss briefly the reasons we might see governments forming preferential or regional trade agreements that exclude some countries.

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Grossman, G.M.
Published in:	Handbook of commercial policy ; volume 1A. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, North Holland, ISBN 978-0-444-63376-7. - 2016, p. 379-434
Subject:	Trade agreements \| Trade pacts \| International cooperation \| Multilateralism \| Regionalism \| Handelsabkommen \| Trade agreement \| Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration \| Regional economic integration \| Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen \| International economic relations \| Handelspräferenzen \| Trade preferences \| Welt \| World

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/bs.hescop.2016.04.016 [DOI]
Classification:	F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations ; F53 - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations ; K33 - International Law
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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