While multilateral trade negotiations have stagnated and tensions between major players have surged, bilateral and regional agreements seem to have run away with the trade agenda. There are over 300 agreements today, up from 50 in 1990. Most importantly, many of these agreements have extended their reach well beyond tariffs, aiming to achieve integration beyond trade, or ‘deep’ integration. This column introduces a new eBook from CEPR and the World Bank that focuses on the determinants of deep trade agreements, how they affect trade and non-trade outcomes, and how they might shape trade relations in a post-COVID-19 world.
Trading aims: The value of Africa's deep integration trade agreement
WTO Small business and trade
Underground Empire
DEEP TRADE AGREEMENTS (DTAs): Data, Analysis and Toolkits
Cloud Cuckoo Land, Book by Anthony Doerr, Official Publisher Page
Press release: How deep trade agreements shape non-trade outcomes
Nadia Rocha
Regional trade agreements - OECD
Overview - World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024 - United Nations Sustainable Development
Trade and International Integration
Ana Margarida Fernandes
State of Trade 2022: The Benefits of Free Trade Agreements
The future of global supply chains: What are the implications for international trade?
