2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
, accounting for almost half of world trade and
expected to grow further in the next few years. These agreements
operate alongside … global multilateral agreements under the World
Trade Organization (WTO), and have both positive and negative
effects. They … trade agree-
ments already account for 43% of world trade, and
this is expected to increase to 55% by 2005 if all the
RTAs …