Using a new set of measures of concentration of trade, I suggest that the opening up of trade to date has been greatly … exaggerated. At least judging on the basis of trade concentration, agriculture and service sectors should barely be seen as … openness league table. Since there is a strong correlation between concentration of trade and poor economic performance, this …

are very different and bilateral exchange rates quite volatile. Moreover, weak trade integration and generalized capital … euro would undoubtedly be the best exchange-rate strategy for most MENA countries. Monetary integration and trade … integration are interdependent. This is especially the case when trade flows are sensitive to the volatility of exchange rates or …

financing have together moved commercial activities-trade and investment-to the center of China-Africa economic relations. While …

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region have proliferated rapidly over the past five years and … are creating a complex web of intersecting bilateral and regional trade agreements. This paper describes the proliferation …

effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners … regional free trade arrangements should be used to accelerate, rather than postpone, needed structural reform. …

Since the early nineties, there has been a veritable boom in the market for all sorts of trade agreements, from … been joined by the United States with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), followed by the Asia …-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and the - although unsuccessful - Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) initiative, and as …

The recent growth of regional integration agreements (customs unions and free-trade areas) has been accompanied by a …

Over the past two decades, Tanzania has embarked on a marked liberalization of its trade regime. The Government wants … higher economic efficiency, productivity and international competitiveness. This study reviews the trade policy situation in … of domestic trade policy, examines regional integration efforts, and identifies priorities for the attention of policy …