Search Results - subject_exact:"Preferential trade agreement"

Can plurilateral agreements save global free trade?

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

• we analyze plurilateral trade agreements that liberalize trade in particular products among a range of countries • the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) covers around 12% of global trade • our theory shows that such agreements can be a way forward for multilateral liberalization in...

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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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Trade preferences outlook 2025 : navigating in times of uncertainty

2026

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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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Rules of origin and value added in preferential exports

Hoekman, Bernard M.; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Sanfilippo, Marco - 2026

This paper investigates how rules of origin affect domestic value added embodied in manufactured exports, focusing on Uganda, a representative low-income economy, and South Africa, the most industrialized economy in sub-Saharan Africa. The design of regional value content requirements has been a...

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Making trade policy innovation friendly : what role of trade agreements?

Eissa, Yasmine; Zaki, Chahir - 2026

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Do preferential trade agreements facilitate FDI? : insights and policy implications for Bangladesh

Takinami, Eiichiro; Kravchenko, Alexey; Ratna, Rajan - 2026

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The political economy of imperial trade policies

Bonfatti, Roberto; Facchini, Giovanni; Silva, Peri; … - 2026

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The political economy of imperial trade policies

Bonfatti, Roberto; Facchini, Giovanni; Silva, Peri; … - 2026

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Unilateral trade preferences and export growth in developing countries

Biesebroeck, Johannes van; Zaurino, Elena - 2026

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Trade and biodiversity conservation in Africa : complementary roles of environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements and property rights

Boadu, Michael Tutu; Obeng, Camara Kwasi - 2026

Biodiversity loss has become a major environmental concern in regions experiencing rapid trade integration, yet the roles of trade agreements and property rights in shaping biodiversity outcomes remains insufficiently understood. Therefore, this paper examines the effect of trade on biodiversity...

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Labor provisions in preferential trade agreements : trade effects, worker outcomes, and the turn toward enforcement and supply-chain governance

Paz, Lourenço Senne - 2026

This survey examines how labor provisions in preferential trade agreements affect trade, worker outcomes, and the governance of global production, organizing the literature around three generations of work. An earlier generation debated whether labor clauses were social protection or disguised...

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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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Trade liberalization, economic activity and political violence in the Global South : evidence from PTAs

Amodio, Francesco; Baccini, Leonardo; Chiovelli, Giorgio; … - 2024

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Trade liberalization, economic activity, and political violence in the Global South : evidence from PTAs

Amodio, Francesco; Baccini, Leonardo; Chiovelli, Giorgio; … - 2023

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Trade liberalization, economic activity, and political violence in the global south : evidence from PTAS

Amodio, Francesco; Baccini, Leonardo; Chiovelli, Giorgio; … - 2023

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Tariff flexibility amid formation of preferential trade agreements : WTO law vs. PTA law

Kim, Chong-bŏm; Yoo, Li - 2023

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The effectiveness of development-oriented nonreciprocal trade preferences in promoting agricultural trade

Ridley, William; Shirin, Farzana - 2025

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The welfare effects of trade preferences removal : evidence for UK-India trade

Saha, Amrita - 2025

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Staggered treatment effects with selection on unobservables : the case of endogenous preferential trade agreement effects on trade

Egger, Peter; Huang, Ruobing - 2025

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Significance of Most-Favoured-Nation terms in global trade : a comprehensive analysis

Gonciarz, Tomasz; Verbeet, Thomas - 2025 - Manuscript date: 15 January, 2025

The Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) principle has historically been instrumental in promoting stability and equitable trade conditions. In recent decades there has been a rise in bilateral and regional trade agreements, which deviate from the MFN principle in providing more favourable tariff...

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The evolution of preferential trade under regional trade agreements : has anything changed?

Acharya, Rohini; Parajuli, Thakur - 2025 - Manuscript date: 07 February 2025

This paper examines the evolution of global merchandise trade, between 2010 and 2022, assessing the share of imports subject to regional trade agreements (RTAs). A key question for us is whether the share of merchandise trade subject to preferences has kept pace with the proliferation in RTAs....

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What role for aid for trade in (deep) PTA relations? : empirical evidence from gravity model estimations

Stender, Frederik; Vogel, Tim - 2025

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What role for aid for trade in (deep) PTA relations? : empirical evidence from gravity model estimations

Stender, Frederik; Vogel, Tim - 2023

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Utilization of plurilateral agreements and their limitations : contribution to trade rules

Nakatomi, Michitaka - 2025

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From mines to markets : gravity model insights on critical raw material trade

Stender, Frederik; Vogel, Tim - 2025

Access to critical raw materials (CRMs) is increasingly being shaped by geopolitical dynamics, fuelling a global competition for supply security. This paper applies the gravity model of trade to examine how OECD countries leverage Aid for Trade (AfT), Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and...

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Value-added in African exports and rules of origin

Ticku, Rohit; Sanfilippo, Marco; Olarreaga, Marcelo; … - 2025

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An economic assessment of the EU-Japan economic partnership agreement with realistic preference utilization rates

Vorst, Camille van der - 2025

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The future of dispute resolution in international trade

Sheldon, Ian M.; Chow, Daniel C. K. - 2025

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What matters for agricultural trade? : assessing the role of trade deal provisions using machine learning

Gordeev, Stepan; Jelliffe, Jeremy; Kim, Dongin; … - 2025

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Deep trade agreements and FDI in partial and general equilibrium : a structural estimation framework

Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto - 2025

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Deep trade agreements and FDI in partial and general equilibrium : a structural estimation framework

Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto - 2022

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Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium : A Structural Estimation Framework

Larch, Mario - 2023

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Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium : A Structural Estimation Framework

Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto - 2022

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Impact of the suspension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on the export of leather and textile products in Ethiopia

Tadesse, Tesema - 2025

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Social clauses in free trade agreements : an efficient tool to improve labour standards?

Bazillier, Rémi; Rana, Arslan Tariq - 2025

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COVID-19's impact on immigration and trade preferences

Yamamura, Eiji; Ōtake, Fumio - 2025

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Are deep trade agreements a solution for Asia?

Drábek, Zdeněk - 2025

The current crisis in the international trading system has led many to ask whether Asia can succeed where the WTO has failed. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the possibility of stronger regional trade ties as a result of the turmoil in the WTO. It is argued that, given its size and...

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Globalization in Latin America : the law, politics and economics of preferential trade agreements

2025

"This book is for students, experts, government officials, business representatives and civil society interested in a balanced and rigorous assessment on the role of preferential trade agreements in Latin America"--

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Globalization in Latin America : the law, politics and economics of preferential trade agreements

2025

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Trading off climate : how conventional trade interests shape climate discussions at PTA committees

Bögner, Alexandra - 2025

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Identity politics and trade preferences : how the gendered and racialised effects of trade matter

Girard, Tyler; Lawlor, Andrea; Hannah, Erin - 2025

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The Evolution of Preferential Trade Under Regional Trade Agreements: Has Anything Changed?

2025

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Significance of most-favoured-nation terms in global trade: A comprehensive analysis

2025

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The trade effects of AI provisions in PTAs : does non-binding matter?

Sisto, Elena; Van der Marel, Erik - 2025

This paper examines whether non-binding ("soft") AI-related provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) move trade and how their effects compare with binding ("hard") provisions. The motivation is straightforward: digital rules are spreading quickly, but legal enforceability is uneven. We...

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How employment framing affects trade preferences : evidence from survey experiments

Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol; Stein, Ernesto; Vlaicu, Razvan - 2025

International trade increases aggregate welfare but also creates winners and losers, which makes free trade a contentious political issue. Recent research has established that individuals are more sensitive to anti-trade information about the prospect of employment loss than to pro-trade...

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Weather shocks affect trade policy : evidence from preferential trade agreements

Amodio, Francesco; Baccini, Leonardo; Chiovelli, Giorgio; … - 2025

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Deep integration and trade : UK firms in the wake of Brexit

Freeman, Rebecca; Garofalo, Marco; Longoni, Enrico; … - 2025

How does dismantling deep integration affect international trade? This paper provides new evidence on the consequences of disintegration by estimating the impact of Brexit on goods trade by UK firms. The UK’s exit from the EU’s single market and customs union in January 2021 led to an...

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Deep integration and trade : UK firms in the wake of Brexit

Freeman, Rebecca; Garofalo, Marco; Longoni, Enrico; … - 2024

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Preferential trade agreements and non-tariff measures

Kuenzel, David J.; Sharma, Rishi R. - 2025

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Learning to use trade preferences : a firm and transaction level analysis of the EU-South Korea FTA

Kasteng, Jonas; Kokko, Ari; Norell, Nils; Tingvall, Patrik - 2024

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The evolution of digital trade law : insights from taped

Burri, Mira; Callo-Müller, María Vásquez; Kugler, … - 2024

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Long-distance industrial policy for Africa

Sandefur, Justin; Subramanian, Arvind - 2024

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A simple theory of deep trade integration

Parenti, Mathieu; Vannoorenberghe, Gonzague - 2024

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A simple theory of deep trade integration

Parenti, Mathieu; Vannoorenberghe, Gonzague - 2022

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Right to regulate and Japan's major international investment agreements

Fukunaga, Yuka - 2024

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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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Do deep trade agreements with intellectual property provisions actually increase international trade?

Sheikh, Ridwan Ah; Kanwar, Sunil - 2024

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Importer price effects of tariffs in the context of preferential trade agreements : the case of poultry in South Africa

Chien, Jing Woei; Edwards, Lawrence; Hlatshwayo, Ayanda - 2024

Using highly disaggregated customs-transaction-level data, we study the importer price effects of tariffs in the context of preferential trade agreements for South African imports of frozen bone-in chicken. We focus first on the firm-level impact of tariffs on import prices. Findings suggest no...

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Boosting trade through flexible rules of origin in preferential agreements

De Melo, Jaime; Gourdon, Julien; Gourdon, Karin - 2024

Rules of origin are critical components of preferential trade agreements designed to stop products coming in under insufficient transformation or through the partner that applies the lowest tariff. But in practice, these rules are often needlessly complex, undoing the benefits of market access...

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