The Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from the African Caribbean Pacific Region
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DOI: 10.1007/s11079-019-09532-y
Abstract: Our empirical analysis utilises panel data on bilateral FDI stocks from 34 OECD countries into 45 ACP countries over the period 2000–2017 to consider the role of PTAs in attracting FDI. We control for policies… read more here.
Keywords: preferential trade; region; trade agreements; effects preferential ... See more keywords
Measuring trade creation effects of free trade agreements: Evidence from wine trade in East Asia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2021.101308
Abstract: Abstract East Asia has experienced an unprecedented expansion in its wine market over the past two decades. This paper examines the extent to which import tariff reductions through bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) have contributed… read more here.
Keywords: east asia; creation effects; trade agreements; trade creation ... See more keywords
Political economy of free trade agreements in China, Japan, and South Korea: sectoral politics of the FTA wave, 1998–2016
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DOI: 10.1017/s1468109920000031
Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study is to analyze the different impacts of the determinants of free trade agreements (FTAs) based on the stage of the FTA discussions. By disaggregating the FTA formation process into… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; economy free; trade agreements; sectoral politics ... See more keywords
The EU’s preferential trade agreements with Singapore and Vietnam. Market vs. normative imperatives†
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DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2017.1289303
Abstract: ABSTRACT By negotiating Free Trade Agreements the EU aspires both to increase the competitiveness of its industry and contribute to sustainable development in the partner country. It pursues a flexible approach to norm promotion which… read more here.
Keywords: agreements singapore; preferential trade; trade agreements; vietnam market ... See more keywords
Negotiating sustainable trade: explaining the difference in social standards in US and EU preferential trade agreements
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DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2017.1422093
Abstract: ABSTRACT Since the early 2000s, both US and EU Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) include social standards that aim to protect workers and the environment. However, the US and the EU have chosen fundamental different approaches… read more here.
Keywords: preferential trade; social standards; sustainable trade; trade agreements ... See more keywords
Making education markets through global trade agreements
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DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2017.1345408
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper uses the global trade negotiations and agreements, which include education sectors as potentially tradable services, to show the complex processes at work in making global education markets. Drawing on the work of… read more here.
Keywords: making education; education markets; global trade; trade agreements ... See more keywords
Trade Plants the Flag: Sanctions-busting and the Signing of New Preferential Trade Agreements
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DOI: 10.1093/fpa/oraa009
Abstract: Why does the imposition of trade sanctions sometimes lead to the signing of new preferential trade agreements (PTAs) between target countries and their trade partners? I argue that the occurrence of trade-based sanctions-busting behavior increases… read more here.
Keywords: sanctions busting; signing new; preferential trade; new preferential ... See more keywords
Is the European Union Trade Deal with Canada New or Recycled? A Text‐as‐data Approach
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DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12420
Abstract: Are the rules in the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) largely copied from past trade agreements, or are they new and potentially groundbreaking? Some critics charge that CETA merely replicates the failures… read more here.
Keywords: ceta; european union; trade agreements; recycled text ... See more keywords
Labor Provisions in Trade Agreements (LABPTA): Introducing a New Dataset
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DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12577
Abstract: Global labor policy through trade has begun to receive growing attention with the inclusion of labor provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Until recently there has been a shortage of available data that would adequately… read more here.
Keywords: labor; trade agreements; new dataset; labor provisions ... See more keywords
Global Value Chains, Firm Preferences and the Design of Preferential Trade Agreements
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DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12612
Abstract: The conventional view in the literature is that only the largest and most productive firms in a country benefit, and hence support the signing of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), as they are able to take… read more here.
Keywords: value chains; preferential trade; trade agreements; trade ... See more keywords
African Regional Trade Agreements and Intra-African Trade
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DOI: 10.11130/jei.2018.33.1.1176
Abstract: This paper investigates regional trade agreements in Africa by using panel data spanning 1995~2014. Trade creation and diversion effects are assessed through a gravity model estimated using the Eicker-White robust covariance Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood method.… read more here.
Keywords: agreements intra; regional trade; intra african; trade agreements ... See more keywords