Introduction / Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio -- The economics of PTAs / Pravin Krishna -- Political economy of PTAs / Olivier Cattaneo -- Bilateral versus plurilateral PTAs / David Evans -- Legal Requirements for PTAs under the WTO / Andrew D. Mitchell and Nicolas J.S. Lockhart -- PTAs and...

The economics of PTAs -- The political economy of PTAs -- Bilateral and plurilateral PTAs -- Legal requirements for PTAs under the WTO -- PTAs and public international law -- Agriculture -- Services -- Investment -- Government procurement -- Intellectual property -- Social issues: labour,...

One of the selling points behind larger preferential trade agreements (PTAs) is the potential to encourage the spread of global value chains (GVCs). These supply chains are increasingly critical to the globalized economy. Large GVC operators may include up to 15,000 firms in their networks...