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Mega-FTAs and the WTO: Competing or Complementary?

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  • Shujiro Urata

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Mega-FTAs involving many countries and encompassing bilateral and mini-lateral FTAs have begun to be negotiated, while the Doha Round of multinational trade negotiations under the WTO have been at a stalemate. Mega-FTAs, which are discriminatory, and the WTO, which is non-discriminatory, are not consistent, thereby leading to a view that they are competing. This article argues that mega-FTAs and the WTO can be complementary, as mega-FTAs could facilitate negotiations with a smaller number of negotiating members. It further stresses the importance of extending mega-FTAs to a global level by merging with other mega-FTAs and by accepting new members.

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  • Shujiro Urata, 2016. "Mega-FTAs and the WTO: Competing or Complementary?," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(2), pages 231-242, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intecj:v:30:y:2016:i:2:p:231-242
    DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2016.1148422
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    1. Biyik, Onur, 2020. "Winner and Loser in Terms of the FTAs and the Trade War: Case Study of the Japanese Market. Examination of the GTAP10 Database," Conference papers 333233, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    2. Chunding Li & Xin Lin & John Whalley, 2020. "Comparing Alternative China and US Arrangements with CPTPP," NBER Working Papers 26877, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Camille Parguel & Jean-Christophe Graz, 2021. "Food Can’t Be Traded: Civil Society’s Discursive Power in the Context of Agricultural Liberalisation in India," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Working Paper 405, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India.
    4. Biyik, Onur, 2021. "Japan-AfCFTA Integration Through Economic Impacts of Alternative EPA Scenarios: Examination of the GTAP 10A MRIO Database," Conference papers 333265, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.

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