Tommy Koh and the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: A Multi-Front 'Negotiation Campaign'

Dynamic Effects of the "New Age" Free Trade Agreement between Japan and Singapore

As manufacturing tariffs have fallen worldwide, the focus of free trade agreements has shifted towards other issues, including: rules governing foreign investment, e-commerce regulations, trade in services, harmonization of technical standards, sanitary and phyto-sanitary regulations, and the streamlining of customs procedures. Japan and Singapore are undertaking negotiations over this kind of ...

The North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Gains of Economic Integration: Substantive Evidence for an Australia-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Abstract On 6 December 2006, Australia and Korea announced a joint study on a possible Australia-Korea free trade agreement (AKFTA) to promote trade and economic relations between the two countries. The paper provides empirical evidence on the possible gains and their transmission mechanism from this agreement. Significantly, it uses a new economic policy modelling approach, the endogenous grav...

Us Foreign Direct Investment into Canada after the Free Trade Agreement

Nearly ten years have elapsed since the introduction of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). At the time the agreement was negotiated concern was expressed that the reduction of tariff barriers would remove the incentive for much US foreign direct investment (FDI) into Canada. This paper provides empirical evidence to show that US foreign direct investment into Canada has continued to grow...

US interests, institutions, and negotiation strategies for agricultural trade

This paper provides an empirical test of how U.S. interests and the GATT regime affect the likelihood of cooperation. Specifically, I examine cooperation on the issue of agriculture trade policy liberalization. By disaggregating different features of negotiations, I demonstrate which institutional features are most important and how they change the political balance in countries that favor agri...