Essays about: "Regional trade agreements"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 40 essays containing the words Regional trade agreements.

1. 6. Trade Creation or Diversion? An ASEAN Perspective

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Nithin Gopalakrishnan; [2020]
   Keywords : Bilateral trade; regional trade agreement; trade creation; trade diversion; ASEAN; AFTA;

   Abstract : The objective of this paper is to assess the bilateral exports from an origin to a destination, in the context of countries belonging to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), and whether or not the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) leads to trade creation or trade diversion, or both. To study this, a panel gravity model is employed with 135 countries, from 2000-2014, using a Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood method (PPML). READ MORE

3. 7. Japan: The New Leader of Free Trade? Case-Study on Japan's Role in the CPTPP

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Núria Casas González; [2019]
   Keywords : CPTPP; TPP11; Japan; Japanese leadership; free trade agreement; East Asia; Asia-Pacific; regional economic integration;

   Abstract : This paper aims at contributing to the debate about Japan’s leadership capabilities. Lately, scholars from all around the world have referred to Japan as the “new leader of free trade”. This comes as a surprise, as the country has always been the archetype of a passive and mercantilist state. READ MORE

4. 8. Does size matter?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Dahlqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : Trade; Regional trade agreements; Gravity model; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Since the middle of the nineties, the amount of Regional Trade Agreements has risen sharply. This have created more opportunities for countries to join world trading and be more connected to the rest of the world. READ MORE

5. 9. Overlapping Trade Agreements: Stepping Stones or Stumbling Blocks?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Christabel Ariekot; [2018]
   Keywords : Trade Facilitation; Regional Trade Agreements; Overlapping Trade blocs; Proliferation; Spaghetti Bowl; New Regionalism.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper analyzes the effect of overlapping Trade blocs on Trade Facilitation. Using the time, documents and costs incurred as trade facilitation indicators, simulations show interesting yet important effects of an increase in Regional Trade Agreements on trade costs. READ MORE

6. 10. Human Rights Impact Assessment of Trade Agreements: Analysis and Critiques of Methodology

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Thu Duong; [2016]
   Keywords : human rights; trade; human rights impact assessment; trade agreement; impact assessment; human rights based approach; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The profound impacts on human rights brought about by international and regional trade agreements have increasingly been recognized by scholars in the fields of human rights and trade, as well as international organizations and civil societies. Most notably, the intersection between human rights and trade has been reaffirmed by the United Nations, evidently in the reports by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dated back to the early 2000s. READ MORE