Consolidation and Harmonization of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs): A Path Toward Global Free Trade
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Keywords
regional trade agreements; rules of origin; cumulation; gravity; GATT Article XXIV; Enabling Clause;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INT-2009-03-28 (International Trade)
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