THE MULTILATERAL REGIME OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE: CRISIS AND PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

Authors

  • Beatriz Figueiredo Neto Assis Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Kênia Marjory de Souza Oliveira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Patrícia Nasser de Carvalho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v7i1.56674

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss, by means of theoretical and empirical analysis, the crisis of the multilateral regime of international trade, taking into consideration the great difficulties faced by the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the past two decades. This crisis contributes to the proliferation of Preferential Trade Agreements (PCAs) in all regions of the world since the 1990s, a process that has been intensified in the early part of this century and tends to remain.

Keywords: WTO; crisis; Preferential Trade Agreements.

Author Biographies

Beatriz Figueiredo Neto Assis, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Graduanda em Relações Econômicas Internacionais na Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas

Kênia Marjory de Souza Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Graduanda em Relações Econômicas Internacionais na Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas

Patrícia Nasser de Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Professora adjunta da Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, no departamento CEDEPLAR.

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2018-05-25

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Figueiredo Neto Assis, B., Marjory de Souza Oliveira, K., & Nasser de Carvalho, P. (2018). THE MULTILATERAL REGIME OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE: CRISIS AND PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. Conjuntura Global, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v7i1.56674

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