LEADER 02806nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910819325003321 005 20240418144621.0 010 $a0-19-974361-4 010 $a9786611825911 010 $a0-19-971590-4 010 $a1-281-82591-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000293994 035 $a(EBL)415816 035 $a(OCoLC)476245148 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257218 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193142 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257218 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246659 035 $a(PQKB)11379799 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415816 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415816 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10254396 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL182591 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7034392 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7034392 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000293994 100 $a20071227d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTermites in the trading system $ehow preferential agreements undermine free trade /$fJagdish Bhagwati 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 300 $a"A Council on Foreign Relations book." 311 $a0-19-533165-6 311 $a0-19-985185-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [123]-125) and index. 327 $aProliferating 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. 330 $aJagdish 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 606 $aTariff preferences 606 $aTrade blocs 606 $aFree trade 606 $aCommercial policy 606 $aInternational trade 615 0$aTariff preferences. 615 0$aTrade blocs. 615 0$aFree trade. 615 0$aCommercial policy. 615 0$aInternational trade. 676 $a382/.71 700 $aBhagwati$b Jagdish N.$f1934-$0120915 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819325003321 996 $aTermites in the trading system$91015951 997 $aUNINA