EU Trade Agreements and Non-Trade Policy Objectives
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چکیده
The EU’s common commercial policy is used as an instrument to realize its values in EU trading partners, reflected the inclusion of sustainable trade and development chapters preferential agreements (PTAs). In this paper we ask if including non-trade provisions (NTPs) PTAs has a systematic positive effect on outcomes partner countries. We analyze relationship between bilateral flows, coverage NTPs performance countries several outcome variables using synthetic control methods. find no robust evidence causal indicators outcomes.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Research Network
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1556-5068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3827922