Thesis (Ph. D.)--Vanderbilt University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-120).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Dept. of Economics, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Diss.--Universität Hamburg, 2004. / Bibliography: p. 295-328.

Thesis (D.C.L.). / Written for the Institute of Comparative Law. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2009/08/31). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 408-413).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.

Magister Legum - LLM / The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact that the proliferation of regional trade agreements have had on the Multilateral Trading System and whether by allowing regional trade agreements under the World Trade Organization rules, the members of the World Trade Organization have not unwittingly weakened the multilateral trading system. It also examined the effect the proliferation of regional trade agreements have had on the special and deferential treatment for developing countries within the system. / South Africa

Liberalisation of trade is deepening, and so have the incentive schemes put in place by a number of countries to promote it. International trade promotion agencies in developing countries are actively promoting their countries as the best, with which to trade. With international trade emerging as a favourite source of revenue and technology transfer for most countries, profound questions about the impact of trade liberalisation to economic growth are addressed in this study. The main purpose of this study is to empirically assess the relationship between trade liberalisation and economic growth in Zimbabwe using annual time series data from 1980 to 2017. Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration and Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) are applied in order to investigate the long run and short run impact of trade liberalisation on economic growth. The results proved the existence of a positive long-run relationship between trade liberalisation and economic growth. The study therefore concludes that policy makers and government negotiators in Zimbabwe should introduce policies that promote openness through the removal of barriers to trade and export promotion in order to promote overall growth of the economy. / Economics / M. Com (Economics)

The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact that the proliferation of regional trade agreements have had on the Multilateral Trading System and whether by allowing regional trade agreements under the World Trade Organization rules, the members of the World Trade Organization have not unwittingly weakened the multilateral trading system. It also examined the effect the proliferation of regional trade agreements have had on the special and deferential treatment for developing countries within the system.

Orientador: Marcelo Passini Mariano / Banca: Regiane Nitsch Bressan / Banca: Roberto Goulart Menezes / O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais é instituído em parceria com a Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP, em projeto subsidiado pela CAPES, intitulado "Programa San Tiago Dantas" / Resumo: A Aliança do Pacífico (Chile, Colômbia, Peru e México) surgiu como um novo bloco na América Latina em abril de 2011. Foi declarado por seus membros como um processo de in-tegração regional que fomenta - tal como consta no Acordo Marco da Aliança do Pacífico - o regionalismo aberto e a inserção internacional na região Ásia-Pacífico. A partir de então, a ideia de que a Aliança do Pacífico fazia contraste ao Mercosul começou a ser discutida pela Academia, por jornais nacionais e internacionais, e por atores domésticos brasileiros. A prin-cípio, para o Brasil, os impactos da Aliança do Pacífico para o Mercosul foram tratados com certo ceticismo, principalmente por se acreditar que a Aliança do Pacífico poderia aprender com a experiência do Mercosul, até que em 2014 houve uma iniciativa por parte do Brasil de se aproximar do bloco e, atualmente, este tem sido um tema relevante na agenda de política externa. A presente dissertação de mestrado se dedica a compreender tal aproximação a partir da política externa brasileira, focando em como esta percebe e se relaciona com a Aliança do Pacífico no período entre 2011 e 2018. A pesquisa realizada fundamentou-se em metodologia e dados qualitativos a fim de responder a pergunta se a Aliança do Pacífico é conflitante ou complementar à agenda brasileira para a integração regional. Os resultados apresentados elu-cidam os principais posicionamentos brasileiros em relação à Aliança do Pacífico ao longo do período; como surgiu o debate interno e... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico) emerged as a new bloc in Latin America in April of 2011. It was declared by its members to be an integration process with the aim to promote open regionalism and to deepen ties with the Asia-Pacific region - as it was stated in the Pacific Alliance Framework Agreement. From then on, the idea that the Pa-cific Alliance could constrain Mercosur was debated by the Academia, by both national and international media and also by Brazilian domestic agents. At first the impacts of the Pacific Alliance on Mercosur were treated with some skepticism by Brazil mainly because it was be-lieved that the Pacific Alliance could learn from the Mercosur experience, until 2014 when there was a Brazilian initiative to bring together Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance and there-after it has been an important subject in Brazilian foreign policy agenda. This dissertation fo-cuses on understanding this subject through Brazilian foreign policy, by highlighting how Brazil perceived the Pacific Alliance and what were the initiatives related to this bloc during the period between 2011 and 2018. The research was based on a qualitative methodology and qualitative data in order to answer if the Pacific Alliance is conflicting or complementary to Brazilian regional integration agenda. The results elucidate the main Brazilian statements about the Pacific Alliance, how it became an internal topic of discussion, which domestic agents and government agencies... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Resumen: La Alianza del Pacífico (Chile, Colombia, Perú y México) surgió en América Latina como un nuevo bloque regional en abril de 2011. Fue declarado por sus miembros como un proceso de integración regional que fomenta - según el Acuerdo Marco de la Alianza del Pacífico - el regionalismo abierto y la inserción internacional en la región Asia-Pacífico. A partir de enton-ces, se empezó a discutir la idea de que la Alianza del Pacífico contrastaba con Mercosur por la Academia, por periódicos nacionales e internacionales, y por actores domésticos brasileños. En un primero momento, por parte de Brasil, los impactos de la Alianza del Pacífico sobre Mercosur fueron tratados con cierto escepticismo, principalmente por que se creía que la Alianza del Pacífico podría aprender con la experiencia del Mercosur, hasta que en 2014 hubo una iniciativa por parte de Brasil de aproximarse al bloque y, actualmente, este ha sido un te-ma relevante en la agenda de política exterior de Brasil. La presente tesis de magíster se enfo-ca a comprender dicha aproximación a partir de la política exterior brasileña, enfocándose en cómo ésta percibe y se relaciona con la Alianza del Pacífico en el período entre 2011 y 2018. La investigación realizada se fundamentó en metodología y datos cualitativos para contestar la pregunta si la Alianza del Pacífico está en conflicto o es complementaria a la agenda brasi-leña para la integración regional. Los resultados presentados elucidan los principales posicio-namientos br... (Resumen completo clicar acceso eletrônico abajo) / Mestre