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Anatomy of South-South FTAs in Asia: Comparisons with Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands
| Content Provider | Asian Development Bank |
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| Author | Hamanaka, Shintaro |
| Description | The majority of literature on free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia overlooks the differences between FTAs in terms of their legal basis. Two-thirds of intra-Asia South-South FTAs are based on the Enabling Clause, not Article XXIV of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade. Given the fact that how Asian FTAs use the Enabling Clause differs from its use in other regions, the openness of Asian regionalism should be reconsidered. |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
| Publisher Date | 2012-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Industry and trade Regional cooperation and integration Free trade agreement FTA General agreement on tariffs and trade Wto World trade organization Enabling Clause GATT Article XXIV Open regionalism Bilateralism Asian FTAs Regional economic integration working paper no. 102 Papers and Briefs |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
