Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109584 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 89
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
What kind of technical assistance and capacity building benefits do developing countries enjoy if they sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with developed countries? This is a frequently asked question among developing country officials involved in FTA policymaking. While we tend to normatively insist that an FTA should lead to a win-win situation for all contracting parties and that developed members should provide technical assistance to developing partners so that the latter can maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of an FTA, empirical assessments of technical assistance mechanisms under FTAs have not been thoroughly conducted. This paper presents a detailed textual analysis of World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements and several FTAs in Asia, and identifies how much additional technical assistance developing member countries can enjoy if they enter into FTAs with developed countries.
Subjects: 
Technical Assistance
FTAs
North-South Cooperation
WTO Agreements
JEL: 
F51
F53
K33
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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