With the shift in the centre of economic gravity towards Asia, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) of the ASEAN 6 countries has assumed a new meaning. The paper examines modalities of substantial trade coverage, sensitive list, and formulation of rules of origin with a...

Portuguese Abstract: O foco da estratégia de integração do governo brasileiro nos últimos anos tem sido em acordos de integração econômica externa tanto em negociações Norte-Sul quanto Sul-Sul. Contudo, tais negociações enfrentam sérias dificuldades para a sua concretização. Em...

This paper is the first to systematically study the trade effects of economic integration agreements (EIAs) between the European Union -- one of the driving forces behind the recent explosion of EIAs -- and third countries. We thoroughly disentangle the ex post effects of these EIAs: 1) we allow...

On June 23, 2016, the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (UK) — mostly those residing in England and Wales — held a referendum that resulted in an overall vote to leave the European Union (EU). This so called ‘BREXIT', a fusionist portmanteau of the words ‘Britain' and...