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Horizontal Depth: A New Database on the Content of Preferential Trade Agreements

dc.contributor.author Hofmann, Claudia
dc.contributor.author Osnago, Alberto
dc.contributor.author Ruta, Michele
dc.date.accessioned 2017-02-22T23:13:01Z
dc.date.available 2017-02-22T23:13:01Z
dc.date.issued 2017-02
dc.description.abstract Preferential trade agreements are an important feature of the global trade system. Several questions, ranging from the rationale for preferential arrangements to their impact on members, non-members and the broader multilateral trade system, are at the forefront of academic and policy debates in trade policy. This paper contributes to the literature in two ways. First, it presents a new database that offers a detailed assessment of the content of preferential arrangements, examining the coverage and legal enforceability of provisions. The database covers 279 agreements signed by 189 countries between 1958 and 2015, which reflects the entire set of preferential trade agreements in force and notified to the World Trade Organization as of 2015. Second, the paper presents some novel stylized facts on preferential arrangements based on the analysis of the data. The key insight is that preferential trade agreements became deeper over time. A growing number of these treaties cover an extended set of policy areas, frequently with legally enforceable provisions, in areas under the current World Trade Organization mandate and in four leading areas outside the current World Trade Organization mandate: competition policy, investment, movements of capital, and intellectual property rights protection. Accounting for the changing coverage of preferential trade agreements, that is, their “horizontal depth,” is essential to gain a more complete and accurate understanding of where the global trading system is going and how its governance can be improved. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700771487791538589/Horizontal-depth-a-new-database-on-the-content-of-preferential-trade-agreements
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26148
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7981
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject preferential trade agreements
dc.subject trade policy
dc.subject regional integration
dc.subject regional trade
dc.subject multilateral trade
dc.subject WTO
dc.subject deep integration
dc.subject legally enforceable provisions
dc.subject competition policy
dc.subject intellectual property rights
dc.subject investment
dc.subject capital flows
dc.title Horizontal Depth en
dc.title.subtitle A New Database on the Content of Preferential Trade Agreements en
dc.type Working Paper en
dc.type Document de travail fr
dc.type Documento de trabajo es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crossref.title Horizontal Depth: A New Database on the Content of Preferential Trade Agreements
okr.date.disclosure 2017-02-22
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700771487791538589/Horizontal-depth-a-new-database-on-the-content-of-preferential-trade-agreements
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/26148
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b084974c60_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 27214959
okr.identifier.report WPS7981
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okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700771487791538589/pdf/WPS7981.pdf en
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okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Competition Policy
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: International Trade and Trade Rules
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade Policy
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade and Multilateral Issues
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade and Regional Integration
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: World Trade Organization
okr.unit Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice Group
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