Preferential trade policies and agreements
- Author: United Nations
- Main Title: Asia-pacific trade and investment report 2014 , pp 87-101
- Publication Date: November 2014
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/88ecb280-en
- Language: English
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After a temporary slow-down in 2012, the proliferation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), which for Asia-Pacific economies began in earnest in the early 1990s, is continuing. There is no single reason for this preoccupation with PTAs; rather, it is a combined role of: (a) lack of progress in securing lower trade barriers and/or opening new areas of liberalization through multilateral trade negotiation; (b) contracting import demand in most of the developed country markets that, on average, have low tariff barriers and need to open new markets that might be more protected; and (c) recognition of the benefits of South-South PTAs.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210571128
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/2d1c02f2-en
Related Subject(s):
International Trade and Finance
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