Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109566 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 55
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
Are trade facilitation measures under free trade agreements (FTAs) discriminatory? This important question has yet to be sufficiently explored by the existing literature on trade facilitation. Despite the multilateral scope and non-discriminatory objectives of trade facilitation measures, some trade facilitation measures under FTAs can be discriminatory, similar to those in preferential tariff elimination. Based on a review of FTAs in Asia and the Pacific, this study provides detailed empirical analysis on whether or not trade facilitation provisions in FTAs are exclusive to contracting FTA partners and how the measures can be discriminatory against non-members.
Subjects: 
Trade facilitation
free trade agreements (FTAs)
discriminatory measures
national treatment (NT)
most-favored-nation (MFN)
JEL: 
F13
F15
F42
F53
F59
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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