Preferential Trade Agreements [electronic resource]: How Much Do They Benefit Developing Economies? /
Liapis, Peter S..
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
This report aims to answer two major questions: (1) How beneficial are the trade preferences provided to developing countries; and (2) what are the implications of possible erosion of these benefits under multilateral trade liberalisation? The report focuses on trade preferences provided by the so-called Quad countries (Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States) because they have some of the world’s highest tariffs on agricultural commodities. Findings from this study suggest that although preferential margins will be eroded with multilateral liberalisation, this may be a problem only for certain countries and within specific sectors, and that factors not related to preferential trade schemes may be limiting the exports of the least-developed countries (LDC).
Also available in French under the title: L'Accès préférentiel aux marchés : quel bénéfice pour les pays en développement?.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166).
PART II - The value of agricultural preferential access -- PART I. - Preferential margins in the agricultural sector of quad countries for selected non-reciprocal agreements -- Executive summary.
This report aims to answer two major questions: (1) How beneficial are the trade preferences provided to developing countries; and (2) what are the implications of possible erosion of these benefits under multilateral trade liberalisation? The report focuses on trade preferences provided by the so-called Quad countries (Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States) because they have some of the world’s highest tariffs on agricultural commodities. Findings from this study suggest that although preferential margins will be eroded with multilateral liberalisation, this may be a problem only for certain countries and within specific sectors, and that factors not related to preferential trade schemes may be limiting the exports of the least-developed countries (LDC).
Tariff preferences.
Trade blocs.
Free trade.