Do trade agreements reduce exports from developing countries?

Les accords régionaux peuvent-ils réduire les exportations des pays du Sud ?

Anne-Célia Disdier, Lionel Fontagné and Olivier Cadot

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Abstract: Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) aiming at reducing trade barriers between countries. A large number of these EIAs include provisions on non-tariff measures (NTMs). This paper investigates whether the technical requirements contained in North-South Agreements affect international trade. More particularly, we assess to what extent North-South harmonization of technical barriers creates or reinforces a hub-and-spoke trade structure potentially detrimental tothe integration of Southern countries in world economy. Empirical results validates this conjecture.

Keywords: accords de commerce; mesures non tarifaires; exportations des pays en développement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in INRA sciences sociales, 2014, 3-4, pp.1-2

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