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This volume examines international and regional preferential trade agreements (PTAs), analysing the WTO, trade agreements and economic development, intellectual property rights, security and environmental issues, and PTAs and developing countries; together with examination of specific agreements and treaties.

Handbook of International Trade Agreements

Country, regional and global approaches

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  • Hardcover

    492 pages

  • Release Date

    30 August 2018

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Summary

International trade has, for decades, been central to economic growth and improved standards of living for nations and regions worldwide. For most of the advanced countries, trade has raised standards of living, while for most emerging economies, growth did not begin until their integration into the global economy. The economic explanation is simple: international trade facilitates specialization, increased efficiency and improved productivity to an extent impossible in closed economies. H…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781857439151
ISBN-10:1857439155
Author:Robert E. Looney
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Europa Publications Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:492
Release Date:30 August 2018
Weight:1.02kg
Dimensions:174mm x 246mm
Series:Routledge International Handbooks
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About The Author

Robert E. Looney

Robert E. Looney is a Distinguished Professor in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, USA. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of California, Davis. He specializes in issues relating to economic development in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. He has published 22 books, including: Economic Policymaking in Mexico: Factors Underlying the 1982 Crisis (Duke University Press), and Iraq’s Informal Economy: Reflections of War, Sanctions and Policy Failure (The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research). He has also edited four Routledge International Handbooks: Handbook of US-Middle East Relations (2009), Handbook of Oil Politics (2012), Handbook of Emerging Economies (2014), and Handbook of Transitions to Energy and Climate Security (2016). He is also the editor of the Routledge Europa Emerging Economies series.

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