TY - BOOK ID - 85298139 TI - Regional trade agreements and the multilateral trading system PY - 2016 SN - 1316889858 1316676498 1316889084 1107161649 1316614018 9781316614013 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Foreign trade regulation. KW - Free trade. KW - Trade blocs. KW - Regional economic blocs KW - Regional trading blocs KW - Trading blocs KW - International trade KW - Free trade and protection KW - Trade, Free KW - Trade liberalization KW - Export and import controls KW - Foreign trade control KW - Foreign trade regulation KW - Import and export controls KW - International trade control KW - International trade regulation KW - Prohibited exports and imports KW - Trade regulation KW - Law and legislation KW - Free trade KW - Trade blocs UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85298139 AB - This volume contains a collection of studies examining trade-related issues negotiated in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and how RTAs are related to the WTO's rules. While previous work has focused on subsets of RTAs, these studies are based on what is probably the largest dataset used to date, and highlight key issues that have been negotiated in all RTAs notified to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). New rules within RTAs are compared to rules agreed upon by WTO members. The extent of their divergences and the potential implications for parties to RTAs, as well as for WTO members that are not parties to RTAs, are examined. This volume makes an important contribution to the current debate on the role of the WTO in regulating international trade and how WTO rules relate to new rules being developed by RTAs. ER -