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WTO Negotiations and the MENA Region: A Preliminary Appraisal

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  • Bayar, Ali
  • Ben-Ahmed, Ghazi
  • Safadi, Raed

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Thispaperdiscussessomeofthe issues importanttotheMiddleEastandNorthAfrican (MENA)countriesregarding the WTO negotiations and assesses the possible economic effects of further liberalization on the MENA region.TheeightpreviousroundsofmultilateraltradenegotiationsundertheGATT/WTOhaveplayedakeyroleinstimulatingthegrowthofinternationaltradeandglobalisation.Cananewmultilateralliberalizationroundboosttheworldeconomy,the MENA economies in particular? What would be the potential economic impacts of anewWTOtraderoundontheMENAregion?Agreatnumberofscenarioscanbeimagined on the process of the negotiations and their outcome. As a first attempt, we consider a small number of preliminary scenarios. The focus is on the MENA region.

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  • Bayar, Ali & Ben-Ahmed, Ghazi & Safadi, Raed, 2002. "WTO Negotiations and the MENA Region: A Preliminary Appraisal," Conference papers 331040, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
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