This paper on Trade Agreements within SSA, is an assessment of the ex post bilateral trade effect of the European Union …-African Caribbean Pacific Preferential Trade Agreement (EU-ACP PTA) and sub-regional regional trade agreements (RTAs) on bilateral trade … involving SSA countries. The main objective is to find out if EU trade preferences and regional trade agreements within SSA had …

attributable to particular trade agreements displays high variability. While most RTAs increase trade, others present non … significant in both specifications. RTAs trade creation effects tend to prevail over trade diversion effects. …

America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have …The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of … strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we put this trade policy initiative in its broader perspective. We argue …