of regionalism and of worldwide democratization since the late 1980s. …

Economic thinking on regionalism has traditionally focused on the Vinerian question: Would a nation gain from joining a … trade bloc? Since 1991, "Big Think Regionalism" considers the broader question of regionalism’s impact on the world trading … system focusing on two questions: Does spreading regionalism harm world welfare? and Does regionalism help or hinder …

The stumbling-block argument asserts that regionalism hinders MFN tariff cutting. If this was of first-order importance … be low or zero for products where nations apply high MFN tariffs. One interpretation is that regionalism is neither a …

The paper argues that East Asian regionalism is fragile since (i) each nation's industrial competitiveness depends on …

forces might drive them, and what the WTO might do to guide them. Two facts form the point of departure: 1) Regionalism is … multilateralisation of regionalism. The paper presents the political economy logic of trade liberalisation and uses it to structure a … building blocs – whereby offshoring creates a force that encourages the multilateralisation of regionalism. Finally, the paper …