- Title Pages
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History
- 2 Evolution of the Most Favoured Nation Principle Up to 1929
- 3 Commercial Policies in the 1930s
- 4 Non‐Discrimination in the GATT
- 5 Discrimination in International Trade, 1947–1985
- 6 Regionalism Versus Multilateralism During the Uruguay Round
- 7 Regionalism and the World Trade Organization
- Part II Theory
- 8 The Mainstream from Viner to the JCM Proposition
- 9 Extending the Model
- 10 The New Regionalism
- 11 Numbers and Geography
- Part III Empirical Evidence
- 12 Western European Integration
- 13 North America
- 14 Other Free Trade Areas and Customs Unions
- 15 Trade Preferences for Developing Countries
- 16 Global Issues
- Part IV Political Economy
- 17 Why Do Discriminatory Trading Arrangements Exist?
- 18 Consequences for the International Trading System
- 19 Summary and Prospects
- Appendix
- References
- Index
1 Introduction
1 Introduction
- Chapter:
- (p.1) 1 Introduction
- Source:
- The Economics of Regional Trading Arrangements
- Author(s):
Richard Pomfret (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Defines terms (section 1), introduces the book's main arguments (section 2), and provides and outline of the book's structure (section 3).
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- Title Pages
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History
- 2 Evolution of the Most Favoured Nation Principle Up to 1929
- 3 Commercial Policies in the 1930s
- 4 Non‐Discrimination in the GATT
- 5 Discrimination in International Trade, 1947–1985
- 6 Regionalism Versus Multilateralism During the Uruguay Round
- 7 Regionalism and the World Trade Organization
- Part II Theory
- 8 The Mainstream from Viner to the JCM Proposition
- 9 Extending the Model
- 10 The New Regionalism
- 11 Numbers and Geography
- Part III Empirical Evidence
- 12 Western European Integration
- 13 North America
- 14 Other Free Trade Areas and Customs Unions
- 15 Trade Preferences for Developing Countries
- 16 Global Issues
- Part IV Political Economy
- 17 Why Do Discriminatory Trading Arrangements Exist?
- 18 Consequences for the International Trading System
- 19 Summary and Prospects
- Appendix
- References
- Index