Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of turning into an unmanageable "noodle bowl" in the future? The goal of this paper is to shed some light on this question. The results show that membership in the Asian RTAs...

Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did and began to integrate rapidly with the world economy. With the country’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly...

This paper attempts to investigate the effects of fiscal incentives on manufacturing Foreign Direct Investment (MANFDI) in 13 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries for the period 1995 to 2007. Using pooled ordinary least squares (POLS) and panel least squares estimation...

Country of origin labeling (COOL) is a common practice. It occurs routinely for many products in many places, but the US implementation of mandatory COOL for meat, whose purpose is to identify the origin of the livestock used to produce the meat, generated much controversy and a major WTO...

This book takes a penetrating look at major challenges to the World Trade Organization and the future of trade liberalization.

This book takes a penetrating look at major challenges to the World Trade Organization and the future of trade liberalization.