The European Union's Trade Policies and their Economic Effects [electronic resource] / Peter Hoeller, Nathalie Girouard and Alessandra Colecchia

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Hoeller, Peter.

Contributor:

Girouard, Nathalie.

Colecchia, Alessandra.

Series:

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 18151973 ; no.194.

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 18151973 ; no.194

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free trade--European Union countries.

Free trade.

European Union countries--Foreign economic relations.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Commercial policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This paper retraces the Communities external liberalisation efforts, and discusses, where relevant, the repercussions of internal liberalisation on foreign competitors. The aim of the paper is to clarify, and when feasible, to quantify the economic effects of the EU’s trade policies. To this end, it provides an overview of past liberalisation efforts, reviews trade indicators in international comparison and lays out the future trade agenda of the Community. The empirical evidence provided in the paper points to little evidence for trade diversion due to integration in Europe, while trade is likely to have boosted area-wide income significantly. It is openness in general, rather than regional integration, that has favoured growth in Europe ...

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Table of contents""; ""Boxes""; ""Box 1. Quantitative assessments of the Uruguay Round""; ""Box 2. Different approaches to the removal of technical barriers to trade""; ""Box 3. The Community�s involvement in trade frictions and conflicts""; ""Box 4. Trade and foreign investment""; ""Box 5. Trade and growth: is there a link?""; ""Box 6. Welfare and the number of trading blocs""; ""Tables""; ""Table 1. The European Union and NAFTA trade frameworks: an overview""; ""Table 2. Economic indicators: an international comparison""

""Table 3. The effect of internal market changes on third parties""""Table 4. The network of regional agreements""; ""Table 5. Multilateral tariff reductions""; ""Table 6. Structure of applied MFN tariffs in the Quad countries""; ""Table 7. Production-weighted average applied MFN tariff rates in the Quad countries""; ""Table 8. Tariff escalation in the Quad countries""; ""Table 9. Pervasiveness of different types of NTBs in the Quad countries""; ""Table 10. EU policies in core service sectors""; ""Table 11. Application of different approaches to removing technical barriers to trade""

""Table 12. The regional structure of EU trade""""Table 13. Import penetration ratios""; ""Table 14. Trade and growth in a panel of eleven European countries""; ""Table 15. Europe Agreements""; ""Table 16. Eastern European and Baltic MFN tariffs""; ""Table 17. The EU's new financial framework""; ""Table 18. Partnership and Co-operation Agreements""; ""Table 19. The Euro-Mediterranean Association agreements""; ""Table A1. Estimation by OLS""; ""Table A2. Estimation of individual effects""; ""Figures""; ""Figure 1. Subsidisation""; ""Figure 2. Protection of the agricultural sector""

""Figure 3. Number of outstanding antidumping actions""""Figure 4. Eu antidumping initiations and real GDP growth""; ""Figure 5. Trade openness and specialisation""; ""Figure 6. International direct investment flows""; ""Figure 7. Trade of Eastern Europe""; ""Figure 8. Trade of Mediterranean partners""; ""Summary""; ""I. Progress towards freer trade: an overview""; ""Internal integration improves access of third countries""; ""Table 1. The European Union and NAFTA trade frameworks: an overview""; ""Table 2. Economic indicators: an international comparison""

""Table 3. The effect of internal market changes on third parties""""An expanding network of regional trade arrangements""; ""Table 4. The network of regional agreements""; ""Multilateral liberalisation has kept momentum""; ""Table 5. Multilateral tariff reductions""; ""Figure 1. Subsidisation""; ""Figure 2. Protection of the agricultural sector""; ""Figure 3. Number of outstanding antidumping actions""; ""Box 1. Quantitative assessments of the Uruguay Round""; ""II. The current trade regime in international comparison""; ""Tariff barriers are losing in importance""

""Table 6. Structure of applied MFN tariffs in the Quad countries""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-08358-1

9786610083589

92-64-18853-3

OCLC:

642661577