Abstract
Ever since the collapse of Cancun Ministerial and the US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick’s reiteration to go for bilateral and regional trade agreements (RTAs) in a subsequent press conference, the debate on multilateralism vs. regionalism got a fresh impetus. It is being widely feared that the collapse of WTO trade talks may shift nations’ focus to bilateral or regional pacts.
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Mehta, P.S., Kumar, P. (2005). RTAs and South Asia: Options in the Wake of Cancun Fiasco. In: Jha, R. (eds) Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230520318_13
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