The Clash of Liberalizations : Preferential versus Multilateral Trade Liberalization in the European Union

There has been an explosion in the number of preferential trade agreements in the past decade. Preferential trade agreements are characterized by liberalization with respect to only a few partners and thus they can potentially clash with and retard multilateral trade liberalization. Despite this imp...

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Main Authors: Karacaovali, Baybars, Limão, Nuno
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5617943/clash-liberalizations-preferential-versus-multilateral-trade-liberalization-european-union-clash-liberalizations-preferential-versus-multilateral-trade-liberalization-european-union
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8912