Arbeitspapier

Lessons from the European spaghetti bowl

European economic integration fascinates and inspires for the way it brought peace to a continent torn by violent and long-standing rivalries. The lessons from Europe, however, cannot be applied directly as the degree of the European Union's supranationality is unthinkable elsewhere. This paper discusses how Europe overcame the specific problem of overlapping free trade agreements (FTAs) with the Pan-European Cumulation System which instituted common rules of origin, regional cumulation of value, and completed the full matrix of bilateral FTAs. After this, Europe had what can be thought of as a "customs union" for rules of origin.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ADBI Working Paper ; No. 418

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
Subject
european economic integration
european union
europe
trade
free trade agreements
fta
regional integration
rules of origin
Freihandelszone
Eurozone
Herkunftsbezeichnung
EU-Recht
EU-Staaten

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Baldwin, Richard
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
(where)
Tokyo
(when)
2013

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Baldwin, Richard
  • Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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