This study surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and
economic growth, and succinctly reviews the role of GATT/WTO in fostering free trade. Most …

This paper offers an overview of the debate on the merits of regional arrangements as an
instrument of trade liberalization. While the advocates of these arrangements view them as …

For many years to come this volume... is surely going to be the ultimate reference work on
international business... thanks to Dunning and Lundan, have at their disposal, a wealth of …

World trade is governed by the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the successor
to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The WTO sets rules of conduct for …

The New Economic Diplomacy explains how states conduct their external economic
relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically; how they negotiate …

This paper begins by systematically developing the “static” theory of preferential trade areas
(PTAs) and showing that neither a large volume of initial intra-union trade nor geographical …

For over sixty years the United States has been the largest economy and most powerful
country in the world. However, there is growing speculation that this era of hegemony is …

Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of intensive production of
fresh fruit and vegetables in the Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of …

Preferential trade arrangements, and especially free trade agreements, have mushroomed
in importance in the 1990s. This has revived research on the effects of these arrangements …

This book offers a compelling new interpretation of the proliferation of regional trade
agreements (RTAs) at the end of the twentieth century. Challenging the widespread …