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Preferential Trading in South Asia

The authors examine the economic case for the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Agreement signed on January 6, 2004 by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. They start with a detailed analysis of the preferential trading arrangements in South Asia to look at the r...

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Main Authors: Baysan, Tercan, Panagariya, Arvind, Pitigala, Nihal
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCORD
AD VALOREM
AGRICULTURE
ANTI-TRADE
APPAREL
APPAREL EXPORTS
APPAREL PRODUCTS
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
BILATERAL IMPORTS
BILATERAL INITIATIVES
BILATERAL TRADE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONCESSIONS
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS CLASSIFICATION
CUSTOMS DUTIES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT
DUTY-FREE ACCESS
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC SIZE
ECONOMIC UNION
ECONOMIC WELFARE
EXPANSION OF TRADE
EXPORTING COUNTRY
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL LIBERALIZATION
EXTRA-REGIONAL TRADE
FREE ACCESS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
FREE TRADE AREA
GDP
HARMONIZATION
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPORT DUTIES
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORT VALUE
IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION POLICIES
IMPORTED INPUTS
IMPORTING COUNTRIES
IMPORTING COUNTRY
INDIRECT TAXES
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNAL LIBERALIZATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRA-REGIONAL IMPORTS
INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
LDCS
LIBERALIZING TRADE
LOCAL CONTENT
LOCAL INPUTS
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MEMBER COUNTRY
MEMBER STATE
MEMBER STATES
MFN TARIFFS
MINISTERIAL MEETING
MOST FAVORED NATION
MULTILATERAL CONTEXT
NONDISCRIMINATORY LIBERALIZATION
OPEN TRADE
PARTNER COUNTRIES
PARTNER COUNTRY
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL FACTORS
POTENTIAL BENEFITS
PREFERENTIAL BASIS
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF
PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AREA
PREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS
PREFERENTIAL TRADING
PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
PRICE EFFECTS
PRICE REDUCTIONS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTION STRUCTURE
PROTECTION LEVELS
QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
QUOTA IMPORTS
REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL PARTNERS
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONALISM
RULES OF ORIGIN
SOUTH ASIAN
TARIFF CONCESSIONS
TARIFF LINES
TARIFF PREFERENCES
TARIFF RATE
TARIFF RATE QUOTA
TARIFF RATES
TARIFF REVENUE
TARIFF-RATE QUOTA
TERMS OF TRADE
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE BLOCS
TRADE CREATION
TRADE DEFLECTION
TRADE DIVERSION
TRADE EXPANSION
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE MORE
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE PREFERENCES
TRADE REGIME
TRADE REGIMES
TRADE RELATIONS
UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION
UNILATERAL TRADE
UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
VOLUME OF TRADE
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD PRICE
WORLD TRADE
WTO
ZERO TARIFFS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6541034/preferential-trading-south-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8822

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6541034/preferential-trading-south-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8822

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