Overview
Provides a comprehensive analysis of free trade agreements (FTAs); their number, content and impact.
Examines trade and FTAs for the whole world, split into seven major regions.
Presents a new numerical model of world trade, with results from 110 countries and regions.
Analyses the sub-regional impact of trade and trade policy for large nations.
Contains teaching material.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Free trade agreements
- FTA
- Brexit
- International policy
- International trade
- Political economy
- Economic mechanisms
- Tariffs
- Trump
- Trumponomics
- FTA negotiations
- Regulatory cooperation
- EFTA
- EU agreements
- CGE models
- International political economy
- DESTA
- Computable general equilibrium
- Trade barriers
- Trade partners
About this book
This book analyses the fast spread of free trade agreements (FTAs) across the globe, their content and their economic impact. In the wake of Brexit and the new protectionism of President Trump, Melchior offers a timely assessment of key issues relating to FTAs.
Dividing the world into seven major regions, he analyses world trade, the globalisation of FTAs and their role within and between the regions. Using a new world trade model, he then presents new evidence on the impact of trade agreements, the value of trade, the impact of China’s growth and the West’s industrial decline, and the role of reciprocity in trade policy. Covering rich and poor countries, commodity exporters and all of the world’s regions, he offers new and original insights about a number of pertinent issues facing today’s world.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Arne Melchior is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Economics and Trade at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway. His research interests include international trade and trade policy, economic geography, international inequality and global economic development.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Free Trade Agreements and Globalisation
Book Subtitle: In the Shadow of Brexit and Trump
Authors: Arne Melchior
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92834-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92833-3Published: 13 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06529-4Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92834-0Published: 31 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 276
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Trade, International Economic Law, Trade Law, Economic Policy, Political Economy/Economic Systems, European Integration