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1986 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Free Trade Zones and Their Relation to GATT

Author : Herbert G. Grubel

Published in: Issues in World Trade Policy

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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In this chapter1 I describe briefly free trade and market zones and note their rapid spread in recent years in many countries of the world. I then analyse the basic motives for their establishment. Public choice theory provides a plausible explanation for their political appeal.

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Title
Free Trade Zones and Their Relation to GATT
Author
Herbert G. Grubel
Copyright Year
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08636-8_7