1. The Rise of Mega-Regionalism: Revealing Canada’s Blind Spots
- Author:
- Jeremy de Beer
- Publication Date:
- 10-2018
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
- Abstract:
- The era of global multilateralism in international trade is coming to an end. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Doha Round, which sought to reduce multilateral trade barriers, has been declared “dead and buried” according to certain scholars. New WTO reform efforts may be rekindled; however, the world has shifted toward international economic regionalism. The WTO defines regional trade agreements as reciprocal preferential trade agreements between two or more partners (whether or not from the same region), of which almost 300 are in force. While these agreements can be called bilateral, free, regional or preferential trade agreements, there is a more important issue than naming.
- Topic:
- International Trade and Finance, Regional Cooperation, World Trade Organization, and Multilateralism
- Political Geography:
- United States, Canada, and North America