These and other benefits are accompanied by costs associated with the sacrifice of some degree of national autonomy in policy making and, of course, the costs of implementation.
Countries enter FTAs because the benefits are perceived to exceed the costs.
The fact that not all FTAs survive indicates that perceptions of these costs and benefits can change over time. Anticipating some of the challenges and roadblocks can help to avoid surprises in the implementation process. One of the major differences among the countries that will have an impact on the BFTA implementation is the variations among trade and domestic support policies. The second is related to the possible adjustments in trade policies, which inevitably affect the domestic agricultural policies as well.