The third version of the MAcMap-HS6 database, built as a result of a joint effort of CEPII (Centre d'Études Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales, Paris) and ITC (International Trade Centre, Geneva), based on ITC’s MAcMap raw data, proposes an exhaustive and consistent measure of...

This paper aims to reassess the impact of Vietnam's accession to the WTO using a quantitative computable genera equilibrium (CGE) approach. First, a recursive dynamic approach helps to better handle the effects of the commitments in the context of a rapid economic growth. Second, thanks to the...

The emergence of China has raised some doubts concerning the possibility for new Asian countries to take off and join the group of emerging countries. This paper addresses this question in the case of Vietnam, which has been following China's path closely and very successfully during the last...

Trade agreements and other international cooperation agreements have proliferated en masse in recent years around the world. Rather than being spurred by exogenous forces alone, the two phenomena are likely both path-dependent and endogenous to one another. However, the understanding of their...

Cet article presente une evaluation des effets du programme du Marche unique sur les pays non membres de l’Union europeenne, en particulier les pays en developpement. Il propose une revue de la litterature theorique et empirique sur l’impact de l’integration economique pour ces pays non...

This paper analyzes the impact on Mercosur of a free trade area in the Americas (FTAA) and a free trade area with the EU. The results show that trade liberalization generates substantial economic gains for Mercosur, although the FTAA option is slightly inferior to that of the FTA with the EU....

MAcMaps est une mesure bilaterale et desagregee de l'acces au marche qui a ete construite pour integrer les instruments majeurs de protection (droits ad valorem et specifiques, droits anti-dumping, prohibitions, quotas tarifaires, normes) au niveau le plus detaille (SH 10) et en tenant compte de...

We address three themes on the New Regionalism. First, the prominent analogy to a “spaghetti bowl” of economic integration agreements (EIAs) should be replaced by reference to a « market » for EIAs. We suggest a systematic economic framework for analyzing « competitive...

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years. These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more typical pattern of “trade first, money later”, recent policy initiatives involve the simultaneous...

L'UE et le Mercosur negocient actuellement un accord de libre-echange. En fait, la Politique Commerciale Commune est caracterisee par une "hierarchie des preferences commerciales" dans laquelle la position du Mercosur n'est pas favorable, ce qui explique le faible volume d'echanges bilateraux....