Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63674 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Discussion Papers No. 985
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper evaluates and compares the economic effects of global liberalization of world trade and regional integration scenario in which an Asian trading block is emerging. The evaluation is based on computable general equilibrium model GTAP (global trade analysis project) that has been widely used in analyses of big regime changes in world economy. The results show that global free trade is better for all regions in the investigation. Compared to the current trade regime, that does not hold since e.g. the new EU member states would be worse-off. The biggest winners of global free trade are Asian countries, Brazil and developing countries.
Subjects: 
free trade, regionalism, GTAP model
JEL: 
F15
F17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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