Understanding mega free trade agreements
The political and economic governance of new cross-regionalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9900646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandre Cesar Cunha Leite (0000-0002-0209-2717, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 941-942 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiz113 |
| OpenAlex | W2955798645 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Understanding mega free trade agreements is part of a set of titles released by Routledge in the series ‘International political economy of new regionalism’ coordinated by Timothy Shaw. According to the editors of this volume, free trade agreements (FTAs), when looked at from a cross-regional perspective, represent a new form of economic integration. They argue that ‘cross-regional trade agreements have been the defining trend of the current international trade system’ (p. 1). The contributors discuss most of the major FTAs of the last decade, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a cycle of negations between the US and Canada. FTAs as a new form of regional integration have three defining features: increased impact on the GDP of developed and developing economies; unprecedented scope; and malleability, as the agreements allow for ex-post negotiations and adjustments
Economic integration · Economics · Free trade · General partnership · International economics · International free trade agreement · International trade · Political science · Politics · Regionalism (politics · Trade barrier · Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership · Global trade and economics
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |