This document discusses the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and their effect on the pattern of trade. Specifically, this document addresses trade liberalization, preferential tariff liberalization, and obstacles to market access liberalization. This document is based on chapter 3 of the...

Traditional market access issues in RTAs Instruments: MFN and Preferential Tariffs; NTMs and Rules of Origin Preliminary empirical assessment impact regional market access liberalization on trade

Historically, services were considered non-tradable and offshoring was confined to the manufacturing sector. However, the evolution and diffusion of information and communication technologies has increased the availability of offshore services in the global economy in recent years. Face-to face...

This document was commissioned by the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the V Hemispheric Meeting celebrated November 30th, 2006.

As is common in contentious public debates, different people mean different things by globalization.

A casual observer would be forgiven for concluding that these are both the best and the worst of times for eliminating barriers to international trade and investment. On the plus side, developed countries are firmly committed to the trade liberalization agenda.

According to the economic theory and recent empirical evidence, improved market access through trade arrangements is likely to favor export diversification. In this paper, we assess whether this has been the case of Colombian exports to the United States and whether an FTA with the United States...

The purpose of this paper is, precisely, to reflect on the most appropriate policies to take advantage of the economic welfare that may originate from an integration process in favor of lesser-developed partners.

This note contains a brief overview of the EU's main regional policy mechanisms illustrating the wide scope of measures used and the objectives being targeted to support a balanced intra-EU development.

The world economy has entered dangerous and uncharted waters. The technology boom that played such a large part in the extraordinary United States economy during the 1990's has, within the last 18 months, turned into a technology bust.