This volume considers the implications of revived interest in regional integration for the world trading system.

This volume contains a collection of studies examining trade-related issues negotiated in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and how RTAs are related to the WTO's

This book provides an in-depth analysis of "Mega-Regionals", the new generation of trans-regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) currently under negotiation, and

Trade diversion and the creation of complicated and discriminatory tariff regimes with increased tariffs for non-member countries - the consequences of PTAs - a

There is no doubt that the open multilateral trading system after World War II was a key ingredient in the rapid economic development of the entire world. Espec