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Europe's Free Trade Area Experiment : EFTA and Economic Integration /

Europe's Free Trade Area Experiment: EFTA and Economic Integration is an 11-chapter book that begins by exploring the role of free trade area. This book then describes the first decade of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and its effects on member countries. Subsequent chapters explain the...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Corbet, Hugh. (Editor); Robertson, David (Editor)
Published: Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 1970.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Commonwealth and international library. Social administration, training, economics, and production division.
Subjects:
European Free Trade Association > Congresses.
European Free Trade Association.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General. > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing. > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Trade & Tariffs. > Trade & Tariffs.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080162324
Summary: Europe's Free Trade Area Experiment: EFTA and Economic Integration is an 11-chapter book that begins by exploring the role of free trade area. This book then describes the first decade of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and its effects on member countries. Subsequent chapters explain the second phase in EFTA's development, the association's experience with non-tariff barriers, and their expansion. The British business attitudes toward EFTA are also discussed.
Item Description: Shape of a Multilateral Free Trade Association.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (277 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483146300
1483146308
Index Number: HC241
CLC: F735
Contents: Front Cover; Europe's Free Trade Area Experiment: Efta and Economic Integration; Copyright Page; TRADE POLICY RESEARCH CENTRE; GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. Role of the Free Trade Area; FLEXIBILITY: KEY TO EFTA ' S SUCCESS; NON-TARIFF BARRIERS AND EFTA EXPERIENCE; COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND EFTA COUNTRIES; INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICA; CARIFTA AND ANGLO-IRISH FREE TRADE; INTEGRATION GROUPS IN AFRICA; TASMAN FREE TRADE; ASIAN-PACIFIC COLLABORATION; CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES IN WESTERN EUROPE; FEDERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE SIX.
POLITICAL DEBATE AND ECONOMIC PROGRESSCHAPTER 2. First Decade of EFTA's Realization; BIRTH OF EFTA; VISION OF A UNITED EUROPE; DIVISION OF WESTERN EUROPE; BRITISH POSITION IN 1958; How EFTA WORKS; IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFF REDUCTIONS; MALAISE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; CHAPTER 3. Effects of EFTA on Member Countries; EFFECTS ON FOREIGN TRADE; EFFECTS ON TRADE IN MAIN PRODUCT GROUP; EFFECTS ON PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY; NATURE OF THE PROBLEM; STATISTICAL PROBLEMS; BENEFIT OF TARIFF CUTS PASSED TO CONSUMERS; References and Notes; CHAPTER 4. Second Phase in EFTA's Development.
IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADEINTERPRETATION OF EFTA RULES; IMPROVEMENT OF CONSULTATIVE PROCESS; ECONOMIC STUDIES; References and Notes; CHAPTER 5. EFTA Experience with Non-tariff Barriers; General Issue of Non-tariff Barriers; EFTA's Treatment of Non-tariff Barriers; RESTRICTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES; RIGHTS OF ESTABLISHMENT; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES; PATENT LAW; TECHNICAL STANDARDS; Need for Spirit of Co-operation; References and Notes; CHAPTER 6. Momentum of Nordic Integration; 1968 PROPOSAL FOR NORDIC ECONOMIC UNION; PROSPECTS FOR A NORDIC ECONOMIC UNION.
EFTA Co-operation and the Nordic CountriesNORDIC COUNTRIES AND EFTA CO-OPERATION; Possible Nordek Effect on EFTA; POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES TO OTHER EFTA MEMBERS; A NORDIC COMMON TRADE POLICY; SOME LONGER-TERM ASPECTS; References and Notes; CHAPTER 7. Nordic View of Temporary Arrangements; NORDIC POLICIES TOWARDS THE EEC; OPTION OF COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS; TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS FROM A NORDIC STANDPOINT; IMPLICATIONS OF ARRANGEMENTS; References and Notes; CHAPTER 8. British Business Attitudes Towards EFTA; Britain's Performance in EFTA; Attitudes of Business Community; SHIFT IN DIRECTION OF EXPORTS.
TEMPORARY, DIFFUSE and UNEXCITINGADJUSTMENT TO EUROPE AS A WHOLE; MEETING THE MARKETING PROBLEM; DEALING WITH TECHNICAL STANDARDS; NEED TO TRADE WORLD-WIDE; References and Notes; CHAPTER 9. Perspectives on New Trade Initiatives; Economic Interdependence; TRADE FLOWS; INVESTMENT FLOWS; Considerations for a New Trade Initiative; Wider Application of Free Trade Area Concept; A EUROPEAN CATALYST; EFTA INTEREST; References and Notes; CHAPTER 10. Global Strategy for Trade Expansion; Optional Negotiating Techniques; ANOTHER KENNEDY ROUND; SECTOR-BY-SECTOR NEGOTIATIONS; FREE TRADE TREATY APPROACH.

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