Arguments that common or similar antitrust rules are essential for eliminating antidumping do not have a strong economic foundation and are only weakly supported by existing regional agreements. Preferential trading agreements (PTAs) are increasingly including elements of deep...

The results of a modified gravity model suggest that the new wave of regionalism has not boosted intra-bloc trading significantly. Trade liberalization in Latin America did have a positive impact on the imports of bloc members, although MERCOSUR`s exports did poorly over the mid-1990s.Soloaga...