How Has Regional Integration Taken Place in Other Regions? : Lessons for South Asia

How Has Regional Integration Taken Place in Other Regions? : Lessons for South Asia

As the momentum for multilateral trade liberalization has slowed, an increasing amount of liberalization is taking place at a regional level. As of April 2015, there are 406 regional trade agreements (RTAs) in force worldwide, more than double the...

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Main Authors:	Kathuria, Sanjay, Shahid, Sohaib, Ferrantino, Michael Joseph
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	COMMON MARKET TARIFFS HARMONIZATION TRADE VOLUMES INVESTORS CAPITAL CONTROLS TRADE SHARE MULTILATERAL TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS BARRIER REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS FOREIGN INVESTORS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PROVISIONS REGIONAL STANDARDS INCOME VALUE COMPETITIVENESS CONVERGENCE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REGIONAL LEVEL EUROPEAN UNION EXCHANGE PROTECTIONS CROSS-BORDER ISSUES ELECTRONIC TRADE HARMONIZATION OF REGULATIONS EXPORTS AGRICULTURE INCOME COUNTRIES REGIONAL AGREEMENTS NATIONAL POLICIES TRADE FACILITATION PRICE TRADE LIBERALIZATION PAYMENTS MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION FREE TRADE REGULATORY REGIMES DISPUTE RESOLUTION MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE TRADE AGREEMENTS IMPORTING COUNTRY REGIONAL INTEGRATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPORTING COUNTRY TRADE MUTUAL RECOGNITION GDP GOODS DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM SECURITY COSTS INVESTMENT REGIONAL PARTNERS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION SHARE REGIONAL COOPERATION INVESTMENT CLIMATE TARIFF REGIONAL TRADE ECONOMIC COOPERATION TARIFF REDUCTION CUSTOMS INVESTMENT AGREEMENT INVESTMENTS WORLD TRADE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMUNICATION POLICY RESEARCH OPEN BORDERS TRADE FRICTIONS RULES OF ORIGIN PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TARIFF REDUCTION ACCESS TRADE INFORMATION ECONOMIC COMMUNITY APPAREL QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS OUTCOMES TRANSFER OF FUNDS TRADING PARTNERS TECHNICAL BARRIERS TRADE AGREEMENT INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION NON-TARIFF MEASURES EQUITABLE TREATMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24599908/regional-integration-taken-place-other-regions-lessons-south-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22030

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