Preface --
Acknowledgements --
The Editor and Contributors --
Preface --
Acknowledgements --
Acronyms and Abbreviations --
Part I --
Global Themes --
1. Introduction --
Robert E. Looney --
2. Regional trade agreements: Myths and misconceptions --
Kati Suominen --
3. The WTO and Regional/Bilateral Trade Agreements --
Kimberly Ann Elliott --
4. International Agreements on Intellectual Property Rights: TRIPS and Beyond --
Keith E. Maskus --
5. The Spread of International Trade Agreements: A Dynamics Towards The Spaghetti Bowl Phenomenon? --
Zakaria Sorgho --
6. The Economic Effects of FTAs --
Holger Breinlich --
7. Trade Agreements and Economic Development --
Christopher Stevens --
8. The Investment Component of Trade Agreements --
Wolfgang Alschner --
9. Trade Agreements and National Security: An Economic Approach --
Ryan Garcia and Jonathan Lipow --
10. Economic Reform and Service Liberalization in Developing Countries: Can Preferential Trade Agreements Help? --
Leonardo Baccini --
11. Gender Rights and Trade Agreements --
Sophia Price --
12. Trade Agreements and the Environment --
Inkyoung Kim --
13. Neoliberal Globalization and Its Opponents --
Anne L. Clunan --
Part II --
Regional/Country Analysis --
14. NAFTA --
Robert A. Blecker --
15. CAFTA-DR: Diverging Trajectories and Uneven Development --
Mary Finley-Brook --
16. CARICOM --
Lester Henry --
17. Mexicos Approach to Preferential Agreements --
Luz Maria de la Mora Sanchez --
18. CETA --
Kurt Hubner --
19. Mercosur --
Walter Antonio Desider Neto --
20. The Pacific Alliance --
Gian Luca Gardini --
21. ALBA --
Asa Cusack --
22. The European Union --
Christian Schweiger --
23. TTIP --
Christoph Scherrer --
24. EFTA --
Marius Vahl and Aslak Berg --
25. Eastern Partnership Countries --
Immaculada Martnez-Zarzoso --
26. Trade Agreements and Regional Integration: The European Union After Brexit --
Annette Bongardt and Francisco Torres --
27. The GCC Trade Agreements: Regional Integration Challenges and Opportunities --
Joseph A. Kchichian --
28. Liberalization Without Integration: Egypt and PTAs (1990-2010) --
Amr Adly --
29. The African Union and the European Union: Trade Reciprocity and/or Economic Development? --
Mark Langan --
30. ECOWAS: An Economic Commitment that needs Political Strengthening --
Osaore Aideyan --
31. The SADC: Towards a Deeper and Wider Union? --
Donald L. Sparks --
32. COMESA: A Case Study --
B. Seetanah, RV Sannassee, S. Fauzel and Paul Okiira Okwi --
33. The RCEP and Asian Economic Integration --
Ganeshan Wignaraja --
34. The TPP: Origins and Outcomes --
Jeffrey J. Schott --
35. Japans Approach to PTAs --
Gregory P. Corning --
36. Australias Approach to PTAs --
Richard Pomfret