Preferential Rules of Origin: Models and Levels of Rulemaking
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Sub-type Working paper Author Garay, Luis Jorge
De Lombaerde, PhilippeTitle Preferential Rules of Origin: Models and Levels of Rulemaking Volume/Issue No. 6 Publication Date 2005 Place of Publication Bruges Publisher UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies Language eng Abstract It has been argued that the proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) since the 1990s has been accompanied by the design and implementation of less transparent, more restrictive and often divergent rules of origin (ROs). These more complex preferential ROs have led to higher transactioncosts (OECD, 2003) and are perceived to have limited the use of formally offered trade preferences (European Commission, 2003a) and, therefore, the trade-expanding effect of preferential agreements (World Bank, 2005: 27, 57). It has been stressed that these preferential rules reflect specific sectoral interests of the regional hegemonic economic powers (Krishna, 2002) and that they have been used as neo-protectionist instruments (Vermulst, 1992; LaNasa, 1996; Schiff and Winters, 2003; Moïsé, 2003b).
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