'Regional trade agreements are playing a greater role in shaping trade and investment rules around the world. To date the study of preferential agreements has focused on their impact on tariff preferences, but as tariffs are reduced rule-making becomes more important in trade and investment. This book addresses the role of regional and bilateral agreements in rule-making; provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of regional and other preferential agreements on rule-making; and illustrates the role of regional agreements in a multi-level process of rule-making.--Publisher's description.'--From source other than the Library of Congress

Product Description: In recent years, the central question relating to regional trade agreements has been whether or not they have promoted deeper integration in the regulatory structures of the participating countries. The answer has profound implications for the future of multilateral cooperation through the World Trade Organization (WTO) and international economic relations in general...read more

Product Description: Direct investment is increasingly shaping the economic geography of Europe. This text documents the rise in intra-European investment in the late 1980s and examines the economic and political variables that influence the pattern of investment in Europe by both European and non-European firms...read more

Product Description: This volume is the result of an 18-month research project conducted by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London and the Institut fur Europaische Politik, Bonn, which addressed two main questions: what kind of European market will emerge as a result of the 1992 process? and what impact will this have on the established national approaches to the regulation markets of Britain and Germany? The findings are based on over 150 interviews with companies, trade unions, and policymakers in Britain and Germany...read more