Trade liberalization played an important role in the transformation of the Irish economy, starting in the early 1960s. Tax relief and industrial subsidies were also significant. This document explains why the Irish case is relevant for Latin America; summarize the main explanations for Ireland's...

Since its entry into force, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been enormously influential as a model for trade liberalization. While trade in goods among Canada, the United States and Mexico has been liberalized to a significant degree, this most famous of agreements...

This presentation argues that trade policy in the region has been too focused on removing tariffs, to the detriment of trade facilitation, particularly in transportation. It explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport costs have...

The European Community has exclusive competence in three main areas: trade, monetary policy and those aspects where internal community legislation and external obligations overlapped.

This document touches on issues ranging from the EU rationale for FTA, the EU preference for region to region deals, the state of play for the region to region FTA negotiations, the new generation of FTAs, and the FTAs main objectives and provisions.

Economists are trained to think about trade policy reform in terms of changes in the levels of tariffs and quantitative restrictions and the shifts in relative prices brought about by these alterations.

This note contains a brief overview of the EU's main regional policy mechanisms illustrating the wide scope of measures used and the objectives being targeted to support a balanced intra-EU development.

This presentation argues that trade policy in the region has been too focused on removing tariffs, to the detriment of trade facilitation, particularly in transportation. It explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport costs have...

This Technical Note provides an assessment of Belize's trade sector and offers some policy options. Major constraints are related to a limited export basket and concentrated destination markets, high tariff levels with high dispersion, conservative trade agenda, weak institutional capacity,...

This document touches on issues ranging from the EU rationale for FTA, the EU preference for region to region deals, the state of play for the region to region FTA negotiations, the new generation of FTAs, and the FTAs main objectives and provisions.