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Download or read book The European Union's Trade Policies and Their Economic Effects written by Peter Hoeller and published by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. This book was released on 1998 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. Progress Towards Freer Trade: An Overview -- Internal integration improves access of third countries -- An expanding network of regional trade arrangements -- Multilateral liberalisation has kept momentum -- II. The Currrent Trade Regime in International Comparison -- -Tariff barriers are losing in importance -- Greater transparency of non-tariff barriers -- Agricultural protection remains high -- Services are undergoing major liberalisation and e-commerce takes off -- Cross-border competition issues receive more attention -- Harmonisation of standards: a response to increasing technical barriers to trade -- The EU's market access strategy -- III. Economic Effects of Trade Liberalisation -- -Eyeballing trade indicators -- Trade creation and trade diversion -- Investment and trade liberalisation -- Trade and growth -- Trade and employment -- IV. The Future Agenda -- -Cooperation on trade-related issues -- Deepening regional integration -- The multilateral agenda -- Notes -- Glossary of terms and acronyms -- Bibliography -- Annex I. The Institutional Framework and Treaty Provisions -- Annex II. Trade and Growth in the European Union.