Termites in the trading system : how preferential agreements undermine free trade

By J. Bhagwati. 2008

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Are Free Trade Agreements Contagious (2012, positive): “0BINTRODUCTION Regionalism is sweeping the world trade system like wildfire while WTO talks advance at a glacial rate – an unconditional correlation that is often used to suggest that regionalism is a threat to the multilateral trading system (Bhagwati 2008).”
Is the Washington Consensus Dead? Growth, Openness, and the Great Liberalization, 1970s–2000s (2013, neutral): “Although such agreements are seen by some as inimical to the GATT/WTO process (Bhagwati, 2008), and perhaps also contrary to the spirit of the Washington Consensus, evidence suggests that there are substantial spillovers from FTA tariff reductions to subsequent unilateral (ex-WTO) MFN tariff…”
Is the WTO Passé (2015, neutral): “See also the discussion in Bhagwati (2008) and the survey in Panagariya (2000).”
Beyond the WTO ?An Anatomy of EU and US Preferential Trade Agreements (2009, neutral): “See, in particular, Bhagwati (2008).”