Regional Trade Arrangements

Occasional Papers, March 15, 1992

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• Published: March 15, 1992
• Series: Occasional Papers
• Volume: 1992
• Pages: 59
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557752277.084

Summary

• Regional trade arrangements have recently attracted growing interest, as existing schemes are either being extended or revived and new groupings are being formed.
• The study reviews recent initiatives and the experience with regional integration in industrial and developing countries.
• The study discusses the implications of the recent expansion of the trend for the multilateral trading system.

Major themes and analysis

• Review of recent initiatives in regional trade arrangements.
• Experience with regional integration in:
  • industrial countries
  • developing countries
• Discussion of implications for the multilateral trading system arising from the recent expansion of regional trade arrangements.

Subjects and keywords

• Subjects: Customs unions, International trade, Tariffs, Taxes, Trade barriers, Trade liberalization, Trading arrangements
• Keywords: Central America, common market, country, Customs unions, EFTA country, gains from trade trade creation, Global, liberalization, North America, OP, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tariffs, Trade barriers, trade creation, trade diversion, Trade liberalization, trade-diversion effect, Trading arrangements, United States-Canada FTA