| Saving Multilateralism in a higgledy-piggledy Trading System
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Miroslav N. Jovanović, Jelena Damnjanović, |
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Novi Sad School of Business, Novi Sad, Serbia |
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Corresponding Author:
Miroslav N. Jovanović ,Email: miroslav.jovanovic@unige.ch |
| Copyright ©2015 The Journal of Economic Integration |
| ABSTRACT |
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Whether international economic integration arrangements result in a more liberal trade at the multilateral level cannot be proven with ease. Integration may start this process, but it may also reverse it. New mega-integration deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership are under negotiation. The American policy of creating trade rules for decades to come without the involvement of China in rulemaking may backfire. If China faces a choice of capitulation or exclusion, it may create a parallel trade and payments system. The World Trade Organization still has important assets: to convene meetings and to settle trade disputes. If the World Trade Organization transforms its role from trade liberalisation forum into an institution which supervises and administers international trade rules and obligations, this may be a realistic development given the Doha Round agony and the meagre final result in Bali (2013).
JEL Classification
F01: Global Outlook
F10: General
F13: Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
F15: Economic Integration
F50: General |
| Keywords:
GATT | WTO | Doha Round | Integration | Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | Trans-Pacific Partnership
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