Some economists worry about the ‘spaghetti bowl phenomenon’ expected from proliferating regional trade agreements (RTAs …). In particular, the complicated web of hub-and-spoke type of overlapping free trade agreements (FTAs) can result in high … costs for verifying rules of origin (RoO) and trade diversion or suppression effects. This explains why almost half of the …

As the impact of trade in services on the current global financial crisis appears to overtake that of trade in goods …, we propose to examine liberalization of trade in services through regional trade agreements (RTAs). The regional … liberalization of trade in services is expected to generate significant welfare gains both in the services and goods sectors. However …

The main purpose of this paper is to assess intra-regional trade within the CIS by looking at the impact of numerous … trade agreements in the region. Applying a gravity model on a set of 162 countries, we attempt to assess dynamics of intra …-regional trade of various trade agreements between 1995 and 2008 in order to identify trade creation and trade diversion effects. We …

The declared objective of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) is … to promote free trade between member states. Nonetheless, an exhaustive study of bilateral merchandise trade based on a …/WTO membership does actually encourage international trade. This unanticipated finding generated a great deal of attention in the …

location variables such as market size, economic growth, exchange rate, infrastructure and trade openness on FDI inflows in …, trade openness, infrastructure availability and economic growth on inward FDI in these SAARC countries. Whereas, exchange …

The significance of a crucial WTO accession agreement component, that is, Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIMs …. Conventional FDI location determinants like macroeconomic stability, market size, infrastructure, trade openness and economic …, infrastructure availability, liberalisation of investment and trade regime have plausible significant effects on FDI inflows …

decision of foreign direct investors. Moreover, infrastructure availability, market size, trade liberalisation and economic … results show that better infrastructure, liberalised investment and trade regimes have significant effects on FDI inflows to …

This study investigates the impact of EU trade liberalisation on the export competitive ness of ECOWAS countries. Trade … of 15 ECOWAS and EU 15 countries for the period beginning 1995 to 2014. The study finds a positive impact of trade …

This paper assesses the relationship between trade openness and economic growth in Africa by accounting for the … heterogeneity of African countries. In addition, the paper contributes to the literature of trade openness and economic growth nexus … level of investment is a channel through which trade openness affects economic growth in the African continent. In addition …