Date: 2014
Type: Working Paper
Embracing diversity : plurilateral agreements and the trading system
Working Paper, CEPR Discussion Paper, 2014/10204, [Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics]
HOEKMAN, Bernard M., MAVROIDIS, Petros C., Embracing diversity : plurilateral agreements and the trading system, CEPR Discussion Paper, 2014/10204, [Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39573
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Plurilateral agreements in the WTO context allow sub-sets of countries to agree to commitments in specific policy areas that only apply to signatories, and thus allow for ‘variable geometry’ in the WTO. Current WTO rules make it much more difficult to pursue the plurilateral route than to negotiate a preferential trade agreement outside the WTO. We argue that this is inefficient from a global welfare and trading system perspective and that WTO Members should facilitate the negotiation of new plurilateral agreements on regulatory matters.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39573
Series/Number: CEPR Discussion Paper; 2014/10204; [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]
Other topic(s): Regulation and economic policy
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