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Economic Impact and Implications for Jordan of the U.S.–Jordan Free Trade Agreement

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Assesses the U.S.–Jordan FTA and assess its impact on trade in goods and services of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Jordan), with a view to examining the following specific areas: (a) The comparative advantage of Jordan in exports of goods and services to the U.S. market, relative to other countries in the Middle East region; (b) the effect of FTA-related tariffs, rules of origin, and other market access conditions on Jordanian exporting companies; (c) the impact of the FTA on the bilateral trade in services between Jordan and the United States.

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  • Lord, Montague, 2001. "Economic Impact and Implications for Jordan of the U.S.–Jordan Free Trade Agreement," MPRA Paper 41168, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Jordan; free trade agreement; competitiveness;
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    JEL classification:

    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F17 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Forecasting and Simulation
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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