Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 2000
192 pages
978-0-8157-2299-1 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past decade, international economic liberalization has been pursued through both multilateral and regional arrangements. In the Uruguay Round, more than one hundred governments pledged their commitment to greater open trade in goods and services, and established new rules under the enforcement of the World Trade Organization. At the same time, however, many regional arrangements have been negotiated--including the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Nonetheless, controversy still rages about these arrangements. Are regional arrangements stumbling blocks or, in fact building blocks for a more integrated and successful international economy? In this book, Robert A. Lawrence addresses this question and explains both sides of the debate.
A volume of Brookings' Integrating National Economies Series
A volume of Brookings' Integrating National Economies Series
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-0-8157-2299-1 (9780815722991)
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Robert Z. Lawrence
Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration
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Robert Z. Lawrence is Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1998 to 2000. Lawrence has also been a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His books include Globaphobia: Confronting Fears about Open Trade (Brookings, 1998) and Single World, Divided Nations? International Trade and the OECD Labor Markets (Brookings/OECD, 1996).
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Regional Arrangements: Building Blocks or Stumbling Blocks?
- Theory and Experience
- New Features
- Clarifications
- 2. Globalization and the Demand for Deeper Integration
- Developed Countries
- Developing Countries
- Implications
- 3. The Impact of Regional Arrangements
- Customs Union and the Theory of the Second Best
- Implications
- Deeper Integration and Regional Arrangements
- 4. System Dynamics
- Market Power
- Capture
- Political Support
- System Rules
- Customs Unions versus Free Trade Areas
- 5. European Regional Arrangements
- The Single Market
- Impact on Outsiders
- Conclusion
- 6. North America and Beyond
- Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
- NAFTA
- 7. Asia and the Pacific
- Market-Led Integration
- Support for GATT
- Skepticism about Regionalism
- APEC: Four Adjectives in Search of a Noun?
- Conclusion
- 8. Rules for Preferential Trading Arrangements
- The GATT Rules
- Strengthening GATT Rules and Enforcement
- 9. Conclusion
- Comments
- Louka T. Katseli
- Yung Chul Park
- Appendix
- References
- Index
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