Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade

by Jagdish N. Bhagwati

Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist who uniquely combines a reputation as the leading scholar of international trade with a substantial presence in public policy on the important issues of the day, shines here a critical light on Preferential Trade Agreements, revealing how the rapid spread of PTAs endangers the world trading system.

Numbering by now well over 300, and rapidly increasing, these preferential trade agreements,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195331656
• ISBN13: 9780195331653
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"