This paper reviews the theoretical and the empirical literature on regionalism. The formation of regional trade …. There are also several aspects of regionalism that have received too little attention from researchers, but which are …

Cross-regionalism is a new fashion in preferential trading whereby countries, large or small, participate …

forces might drive them, and what the WTO might do to guide them. Two facts form the point of departure: 1) Regionalism is … multilateralisation of regionalism. The paper presents the political economy logic of trade liberalisation and uses it to structure a … building blocs – whereby offshoring creates a force that encourages the multilateralisation of regionalism. Finally, the paper …

Globalization, multilateralism and regionalism are the most significant tendencies of today's world economy. Their …, multilateralism and regionalism has, however, changed markedly. Subsequently, their mutual relations have changed as well. Based upon … the study of New Regionalism, which leads towards more complex and open trade agreements, it seems that multilateralism …