Patricia, AUGIER; Michael, GAZIOREK; Charles, LAITONG - EconWPA - 2004
Within any preferential trade agreement (PTA) origin rules exist in order to prevent third countries from taking … PTA. However, depending on their formulation, they can also increase that level of external protection, resulting in trade … suppression and trade diversion. This paper provides the first serious empirical examination of the possible impact of rules of …