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Role of economies of scale for the external tariffs and trade agreement formation : a theoretical and empirical investigation

Azeem, Muhammad; Stoyanov, Andrey; Yildiz, Halis Murat - 2026

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US tariff shocks and India-US trade negotiations : balancing strategic design and agricultural sensitivities

Jaiswal, Himanshu; Ganesh-Kumar, A. - 2025

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US tariff shocks and India-US trade negotiations : balancing strategic design and agricultural sensitivities

Jaiswal, Himanshu; Ganesh-Kumar, A. - 2025

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Industrial policy space in emerging economies : the case of Chile's lithium industry and the energy and raw materials chapter in the EU-Chile free trade agreement

Dünhaupt, Petra; Gräf, Helena; Jiménez, Valeria; … - 2025

Adequate policy space is essential for resource-rich countries to move up the value chain and seize the opportunities presented by global decarbonization and the demand for low-carbon technologies. However, WTO rules, investment and free trade agreements (FTAs) deprive nonhegemonic powers of the...

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Reversal of economic integration : evidence from EU enlargement

Gnutzmann, Hinnerk; Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Korn, … - 2025

Empirical models of trade agreements implicitly assume that withdrawal from a trade agreement has an equal and opposite trade effect as accession, i.e., symmetry. With increasing opposition to international economic cooperation, it becomes urgent to test this assumption. We analyze a...

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Agri-food export strategies in free trade agreements : the case study of Serbia in the Serbia-China FTA

Popović, Vesna; Radosavljević, Katica; Mihailović, Branko - 2025

The objective of the research is the evaluation of the competitiveness of Serbia's exports in the agro-food trade with China, with the aim of deciding on the appropriate export strategy within the 2024 Serbia-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Export competitiveness diagnostics comprises...

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A new mechanism for trade agreements to revitalize the Global Value Chains

Jaiswal, Himanshu; Ganesh-Kumar, A. - 2024

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India's FTA with the EU : opportunities and challenges in services sector

Dash, Ankita; Bhattacharjee, Ayona - 2024

Trade in services has been of special interest to both India and the EU as services are a major contributor to GDP and trade flows in the two economies. Steadily rising services trade between India and the EU is, however, characterized by certain peculiarities, which are worth noticing. These...

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Ankara's critical view of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement : Turkey is emphatically calling for the modernisation of the customs union with the EU

Aydın, Yaşar - 2026

Thirty years after establishing a customs union with the European Union (EU), Ankara sees growing economic risks in the EU’s free trade agreements with third countries, most recently India. While negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement were concluded at the end of January, and...

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UK FTA monitoring report : final report

2026

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The EU-India trade deal : strategic diversification in an era of uncertainty

Hinz, Julian; Langhammer, Rolf J.; Mahlkow, Hendrik; … - 2026 - Unlayouted version

• The EU-India FTA generates mutual economic gains of 0.12-0.13% of GDP for both partners, with bilateral trade surging by 41-65%. • Since the 50 percentage points tariffs imposed by the US cost India 1.6% of GDP, the EU-India FTA provides a crucial hedge while the EU demonstrates commitment...

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Plurilateral trade agreements : a complementary margin to preferential liberalization

Chochua, Lasha; Lake, James; Willmann, Gerald - 2026

We show that plurilateral agreements facilitate global tariff liberalization by creating an MFN-based margin of cooperation that leaves preferential access via preferential trade agreements (PTAs) unchanged. In a model of endogenous trade agreement formation with farsighted governments, PTAs...

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Plurilateral trade agreements : a complementary margin to preferential liberalization

Chochua, Lasha; Lake, James; Willmann, Gerald - 2026

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ASEAN at a crossroads : pathways for deeper economic integration

Allen Ng; Andhare, Kriti; Ang, Yohnsen; Inayoshi, Naoaki; … - 2026

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WTO MC14 and trade-sustainability nexus : strategic choices ahead

Anuradha, R V; Kher, Rajeev; Gupta, Anshuman; Ganti, … - 2026

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Completing the AfCFTA Mosaic : Liberalization of Trade in Services

Dairabayeva, Karlygash; Estrades, Carmen; Maliszewska, … - 2026

This paper uses the Services Trade Policy Database and Services Trade Restrictions Index to assess services trade liberalization in Africa, building on previous World Bank studies of the African Continental Free Trade Area. The focus is on refining reductions of non-tariff measures in services...

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Evidence and potentialities of regional value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa using cumulation : a quantitative and firm level approach ; technical and statistical report

2026

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Counting the costs : a quantitative assessment of Brexit's effect on UK regional economies

Jia, Ningyuan; Dhingra, Swati; Fry, Emily; Hale, Sophie - 2026

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AfCFTA implementation: learnings from value chains and regional blocs : white paper

2026

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Economic Impact of RCEP

Itakura, Ken; Kimata, Yutaro; Urata, Shūjirō - 2026

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Economic policy uncertainty and trade flows : evidence from the Asia-Pacific Region

Hung Manh Nguyen; Tran Thi Mai Thanh; Pham Sy An - 2026

Amidst the polycrisis of 2018-2024, Asia-Pacific trade flows exhibited a structural resilience that contrasts with traditional theoretical predictions of severe trade contraction under high uncertainty. This study investigates these resilience dynamics using a structural gravity model estimated...

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The EU-India Free Trade Agreement

Landesmann, Michael; Flórez Mendoza, Javier; Stehrer, … - 2026

After nearly two decades of intermittent negotiations, the EU and India announced the conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at their summit in New Delhi on 27 January 2026. This paper analyses the geo-political and geo-economic drivers behind the agreement, its principal features and its...

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Does trade liberalization promote investment in Sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from selected free trade areas

Moyo, Busani - 2026

This study investigates the impact of trade liberalisation on foreign and domestic investment in selected African free trade areas. Using 29 countries that are members of the three regional economic communities, namely, the East African Community, the Common Market for East and Southern Africa,...

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Free trade agreements, exports, and structural transformation

Chong, Alberto; Corredor, Federico - 2026

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The impact of the CPTPP on international trade in ASEAN countries

Sineenart Sermcheep; Danupon Ariyasajjakorn - 2026

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EU-Mercosur trade agreement : from negotiations to application

Costa, Mariana Fleischhauer Corrêa da; Regazzoni, Pietro - 2026

The EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement entered provisional application in 2026, creating one of the world's largest free trade areas. This article examines its economic rationale, market access provisions and geopolitical significance. It argues that shifting global trade dynamics, including China's...

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EU sustainability regulations : implications for India's rice exports

Mukherjee, Arpita; Babbar, Ria - 2026

India is the world's leading rice producer, with production reaching 150 million tonnes in 2024-25, and the largest rice exporter, accounting for 29 per cent of global rice exports valued at USD 11.8 billion in 2024. Rice supports millions of smallholder farmers and is a major source of export...

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Handel und Kooperation zwischen der EU und den Golfstaaten : Potenziale und Hürden im Lichte des Iran-Krieges

Gerards Iglesias, Simon; Reeves, Nicolas - 2026 - Stand: April 2026

Vor dem Hintergrund der globalen geoökonomischen Fragmentierung und der geopolitischen Unordnung, insbesondere durch die Politik unter US-Präsident Donald Trump, gewinnt ein Freihandelsabkommen (FTA) zwischen der Europäischen Union (EU) und dem Golf-Kooperationsrat (GCC) an strategischer...

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Determining the economic effects of a potential SACU-US free trade agreement: A CGE analysis

Ambrose Sirang, Tiroyaone; Ferreira, Lorainne; Krugell, … - 2026

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Free and fair trade club : deeper cooperation between the EU and the CPTPP

Matthes, Jürgen - 2026

The European Union and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership should build a lasting cooperation platform, which could be named the Free and Fair Trade Club, in order to achieve various geostrategic aims. In addition to free and fair trade, its guiding...

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Navigating rules of origin across free trade areas : the case of AfCFTA and regional economic communities

2026

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The spatial dependence of container throughputs and liner shipping connectivity in coastal countries prior to the COVID-19 pandemic

Lin, Pei-Chun; Cheng, T. C. E.; Huang, Po-Yuan - 2026

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Examining the contribution of logistics and supply chain in boosting oman's trade network

Mishrif, Ashraf; Antimiani, Alessandro; Khan, Asharul Islam - 2023

Economic integration, which in today's global trade is the fundamental component of linking economic ties between countries, is another important factor in the acceleration of economic growth. The provision of trade logistics services is essential to a nation's economic success in international...

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Ando, Mitsuyo; Urata, Shūjirō; Yamanouchi, Kenta - 2023

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The effect of the ASEAN FTA on intra-regional trade in Lao PDR

No, Joung-Yeo; Chanhsuda Phavisone - 2023

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The effect of a country's size on the extensive margin of trade in the economic Partnership Agreement (EPa)

Imad Kareem Alaamshani; Hanny Zurina Hamzah; Shivee … - 2023

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China's Modern Economic Statecraft: A Wealth-Power Dialectic

Xiaotong, Zhang - 2025

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Industrial policy space in emerging economies: The case of Chile's lithium industry and the energy and raw materials chapter in the EU-Chile free trade agreement

Dünhaupt, Petra; Gräf, Helena; Jiménez, Valeria; … - 2025

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015331433

Reversal of economic integration: Evidence from EU enlargement

Gnutzmann, Hinnerk; Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Korn, … - 2025

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Agri-food export strategies in free trade agreements: The case study of Serbia in the Serbia-China FTA

Popović, Vesna; Radosavljević, Katica; Mihailović, Branko - 2025

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China's modern economic statecraft : a wealth-power dialectic

Zhang, Xiaotong - 2025

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Implementing the Digital Trade Protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area : expected impacts, early experiences and challenges ahead

Lemma, Alberto; Agarwal, Prachi; Velde, Dirk Willem te - 2025

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Was the KORUS FTA a horrible deal?

Kim, Hyeongwoo; Kim, Madeline H.; Sadana, Divya; Shao, Peng - 2025

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Was the KORUS FTA a horrible deal?

Kim, Hyeongwoo; Kim, Madeline H.; Sadana, Divya; Zhang, Jie - 2024

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Was the KORUS FTA a horrible deal?

Kim, Hyeongwoo; Kim, Madeline H.; Sadana, Divya; Zhang, Jie - 2022

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The impacts of African continental free trade area on COMESA

2025

This study analyses the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) using a recursively dynamic global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, MAGNET. The study considers two policy measures: cuts in bilateral...

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Can institutional openness policies enhance corporate technology innovation efficiency? : evidence from the establishment of Free Trade Zone

Li, Yan - 2025

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International trade and investment agreements and sustainable critical minerals supply

Baršauskaitė, Ieva; Gubler, Julia; Moerenhout, Tom; … - 2025

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Probing the readiness of Philippine tourism enterprises for RCEP and CPTPP

Gutierrez, Eylla Laire M.; Bautista, Marie Jel D.; … - 2025

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Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area for the reduction of poverty and inequality in Southern Africa

2025

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Understanding ASEAN centrality : comparative analysis of "core" and "hub" strategies

Yamanaka, Shintarō - 2025

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Assessing five years of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) : proposals on potential amendments

Africa, Kiiza - 2025

On 30th May 2024, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) celebrated its fifth anniversary, which legally implied that the agreement is up for review for possible amendments. To kickstart this review, the Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit (held in February...

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Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and employment

Chowdhury, Sumit; Marjit, Sugata; Das, Gouranga - 2025

While FTA negotiations are proliferating, our paper shows that targeting the appropriate sector is crucial for generating employment opportunities subsequent to FTA. In particular, we show that, countering conventional wisdom, targeting skill-biased exports and not the sector that employs...

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Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and employment

Chowdhury, Sumit; Marjit, Sugata; Das, Gouranga - 2025

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How NAFTA affected U.S. vehicle emissions : demand growth and usage patterns

Lian, Zeng; Liang, Chen; Tan, Hongru - 2025

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