Chapter 9. Taking stock of Niger’s existing regional and global trade agreements

2018 ◽  
pp. 185-222
Author(s):  
Fousseini Traore
Keyword(s):  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Global Trade

A Scaffold For Muir

ruffin_darden ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 219-230
Author(s):  
Lisa H. Newton ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
Doing Business

Everyone knows that somehow we must protect the natural environment as part of the ethical imperatives of doing business, especially in the era of globalization of business. But where, actually, do we find the structure of ethical imperatives that will support that “must”? The drawbacks of several candidates, some of them discussed in papers elsewhere in this volume, are considered, then supplemented with the Japanese concept of kyosei as supplying a missing link between ethics and the land. In the end, some questions are raised about the possibility of success of the entire environmental enterprise in face of the provisions of global trade agreements.

scholarly journals African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement and the Mega-Regional Trade Agreements (MRTAs): what are the underlying challenges and prospects for Africa-South-South trade?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-432
Author(s):  
Anayochukwu Basil Chukwu ◽  
Tobechi Agbanike ◽  
Lasbrey Anochiwa
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Regional Trade Agreements ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Trade Share ◽  
Almost All

This study examines the possible challenges and prospects of the recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement on South-South trade. The recent ratification of the agreement by the African Union (AU) Heads of Government and the establishment of the mega-regional trade agreements (MRTAs) by the major global trading economies are the biggest since the establishment of the WTO. One of these regional and continental agreements' principal objectives is to further strengthen trade terms and balance of trade statistics between member nations. Whereas almost all the regional and continental blocs have to a large extent, achieved the purpose of their trade agreements, Africa stands out as the only region whose intra-trade value still constitutes less than 15% of global trade share. Many reasons have been adduced to be responsible for the weak trade performance, one of which is weak regional integration. This study, therefore, concludes that for Africa to achieve significant improvement in global trade, the region needs to encourage regional trade, which will act as a catalyst for transforming the domestic economies and lay a robust foundation for healthy regional competition and integration

Customs Unions with Global Trade Agreements

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pertti J. Haaparanta ◽  
Toni Riipinen
Keyword(s):  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
Customs Unions

Japan: Leveraging National Regulatory Reform and the Economic Modeling of Trade Agreements

2019 ◽  
pp. 459-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Kawasaki ◽  
Atsushi Sunami ◽  
Yoko Ikeda ◽  
Michael C. Huang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Modeling ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
Cge Model ◽  
Macroeconomic Impact

After the withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2017, Japan has taken the lead in advancing the TPP framework via the CPTPP to reform its highly regulated sectors such as agriculture and medical services. This chapter analyzes Japan’s participation in the TPP regime by (1) examining the expected impact of changes in rules and regulations that have come to be institutionalized as “entrenched regulations” or ganban in those sectors; and (2) simulating the macroeconomic impact of TPP membership on Japan and other TPP member countries, using a GTAP database and a CGE model to analyze global trade outcomes. The simulation scenarios show the framework of TPP12 and model the economic impact of and third party country spillover from the reduction of non-tariff measures (NTMs).

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