Should the WTO require free trade agreements to eliminate internal tariffs?
Should the WTO require free trade agreements to eliminate internal tariffs?
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世贸组织是否应该要求自由贸易协定消除内部关税？
DOI：
10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.10.003
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
H. M. Yildiz
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作者：
Kamal Saggi;Woan Foong Wong;H. M. Yildiz
在内生自由贸易协定(FTA)的三国模型中，我们研究了要求FTA成员相互取消关税的影响，这是现行WTO规则基本上规定的。我们解释了为什么在没有这样的要求的情况下，自贸协定成员即使在最大化其共同福利的情况下也会相互征收正关税。我们发现，要求FTA成员取消国内关税会导致他们降低外部关税。自由贸易协定成员的这种对外贸易自由化破坏了全球自由贸易的前景，因为它降低了非成员与它们签订贸易协定的动力。
In a three-country model of endogenous free trade agreements (FTAs), we study the effects of requiring FTA members to eliminate tariffs on one another, as is essentially stipulated under current WTO rules. We explain why, in the absence of such a requirement, FTAs members impose positive tariffs on each other even when maximizing their joint welfare. We show that requiring FTA members to eliminate internal tariffs induces them tolowertheir external tariffs. Such external trade liberalization by FTA members undermines the prospects of global free trade since itreducesthe non-member's incentive to enter into trade agreements with them.