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Bhagwati Jagdish N. <1934-> |
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Titolo |
Termites in the trading system [[electronic resource] ] : how preferential agreements undermine free trade / / Jagdish Bhagwati |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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9786611825911 |
0-19-971590-4 |
1-281-82591-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (160 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tariff preferences |
Trade blocs |
Free trade |
Commercial policy |
International trade |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Council on Foreign Relations book." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-125) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Proliferating preferential trade agreements -- Why has the pandemic broken out? -- Why PTAs are a pox on the world trading system -- What do we do now? -- Appendix -- Glossary. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist who uniquely combines a reputation as the leading scholar of international trade with a substantial presence in public policy on the important issues of the day, shines here a critical light on Preferential Trade Agreements, revealing how the rapid spread of PTA's endangers the world trading system. Numbering by now well over 300, and rapidly increasing, these preferential trade agreements, many taking the form of Free Trade Agreements, have re-created the unhappy situation of the 1930's, when world trade was undermined by discriminatory |
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