many potential gains from entering into free trade agreements (FTAs) with its neighbors, who collectively form a large and …

What causes U.S. trade with Mexico and Canada to continue growing faster, for up to a decade, relative to countries … with which the U.S. does not have a free trade agreement? Baier and Bergstrand (2007) suggest that tariff phase-out and … tariff cuts negotiated under the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) affected …

This paper reviews the most significant recent developments in the theory of trade agreements. The paper offers an … integrated approach to evaluating trade agreements, and uses the approach to present results on preferential and multilateral … trade agreements. The paper identifies also several questions for further research. -- trade agreements ; multilateralism …

zeigt, dass ein tiefgreifendes Handelsabkommen(Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP), welches auch nicht …, which analyzes the dimensions and impact of a free trade agreement between the USA and the EU. Accordingly, a comprehensive … free trade agreement (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP) between the two regions, which includes a …

As East Asia becomes increasingly integrated through market-driven trade and FDI activities, free trade agreements … participation of low-income countries and reduce trade-related business costs, particularly for small and medium enterprises. A … plausible regional trade arrangements. …

Although it is well-known that a global trade regime best ensures economic welfare, there has nevertheless been a … proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) between individual countries. This poses the challenge known as the "noodle bowl … for entering an FTA rather than anticipating a global trade regime. Using basic game theories, we show that in order for …

This paper investigates whether the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISLFTA) has had trade creation or trade … model we find that the ISLFTA has been minimally trade creating for control countries. -- Free trade agreement ; tariffs … ; trade creation …

) trade flows. Using a traditional gravity-equation framework, we try to see to what extent the bilateral trade flows between … trade patterns. The main conclusion is that NAFTA did not have a significant effect on US trade patterns, neither with … Mexico nor with other countries in the world (with the exception of CACM). -- NAFTA ; gravity model ; trade diversion ; fixed …