Regional Trade Agreements and conflict: Promoting conflict or building peace (IISD, 2005)
Regional Trade Agreements and conflict: Promoting conflict or building peace (IISD, 2005)
Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have become defining features of the modern economy and a powerful force for globalization. By the beginning of 2005 more than 250 RTAs had been notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The example of the European Union as an economically successful trade agreement and peaceful political arrangement has much to offer the world. But RTAs can be divisive and exclusive, and their terms can embed regional tensions and power imbalances.
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