TY - BOOK ID - 145665522 TI - The origin of goods : rules of origin in regional trade agreements PY - 2006 SN - 9786610903122 0191537373 1280903120 1435624068 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Tariff. KW - Certificates of origin. KW - Tariff preferences. KW - Commercial treaties. KW - Regionalism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145665522 AB - The dark side of preferential trade agreements, Rules of Origin (RoO) are used to determine the eligibility of goods to preferential treatment. Ostensibly meant to prevent the trans-shipment of imported products across Free Trade Agreement borders after superficial screwdriver assembly, they act in reality as complex and opaque trade barriers. This book provides evidence strongly suggesting that they do so by intent rather than accidentally---in other words, that RoOs are policy. Part one draws insights about the effects of RoOs on cross-border trade and outsourcing from recent economic theory ER -