a larger effort in the group to understand the implications for trade of agreements on standards"--World Bank web site … trade rules. Chen and Mattoo find, theoretically and empirically, that such agreements increase trade between participating … countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Adopting a common standard in a region--that is, harmonization …

"The United States imports around 25 percent of its merchandise under some form of preferential trade regime. The … authors examine both the origins and consequences of U.S. trade preferences in the context of the gravity model of … international trade. First, they provide estimates of the impact of preferential trade regimes in terms of access to U.S. markets …

preferential trade agreements. The paper briefly reviews China's financial liberalization process and the state of its domestic … financial system, discusses the main considerations of including financial services in China's preferential trade agreements … is placed on lessons from Latin American preferential trade agreements, given their more frequent and extensive coverage …

effort in the group to analyze regional integration and trade policies"--World Bank web site …--initiated a multilateral framework for regionwide integration under the South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA). In a … recent initiative, members agreed that SAPTA would begin the transformation into a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) by the …

"This paper examines the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied … results suggest that concerns about a negative effect of preferential liberalization on external trade liberalization are … unfounded. "--World Bank web site …

This report is structured in three volumes: competition provisions; environment provisions; and labor mobility …) negotiations; and 4) while the world economy stands to gain massively from liberalization in the mobility of labor, adverse popular … established at the regional level, as they could be instrumental in supporting the benefits of trade and investment liberalization …

This report is structured in three volumes: competition provisions; environment provisions; and labor mobility …) negotiations; and 4) while the world economy stands to gain massively from liberalization in the mobility of labor, adverse popular … established at the regional level, as they could be instrumental in supporting the benefits of trade and investment liberalization …

This report is structured in three volumes: competition provisions; environment provisions; and labor mobility …) negotiations; and 4) while the world economy stands to gain massively from liberalization in the mobility of labor, adverse popular … established at the regional level, as they could be instrumental in supporting the benefits of trade and investment liberalization …

property rights, and competition policy. It also briefly examines the nascent stage of environment and labor clauses. As most … rights, competition policy, the environment, and labor. Individual provisions from prominent RTAs concluded between East …This report maps out the evolving architecture of regional trade agreements concluded by the major trading countries …