The rise of bilateralism:comparing American, European, and Asian approaches to preferential trade agreements

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heydon Kenneth
Group Author: Woolcock Stephen
Published: United Nations University Press,
Publisher Address: Tokyo New York
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xiv, 318 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9789280811629 (pbk.)
9280811622 (pbk.)
Index Number: F757
CLC: F757.125.3
F755.053
F753.053
Call Number: F757.125.3/H615
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
As multilateral negotiations become increasingly complex and protracted, preferential trade agreements have become the center of trade diplomacy, pushing beyond tariffs into deep integration and beyond regionalism into a web of bilateral deals, raising concerns about coercion by bigger players. This study examines American, European and Asian approaches to preferential trade agreements and their effects on trade, investment and economic welfare. It draws on theoretical works, but also examines the actual substance of agreements negotiated and envisaged.--Publisher's description.