Monday, September 29, 2014

Free Trade Agreements in West Asia : A Comparative Study By Syeeda Khatoon


Free Trade Agreements in West Asia : A Comparative Study 
By Syeeda Khatoon

ISBN : 9789380574592

Page : 230p

Year : 2014

Binding : Hardcover

Publisher : BOOKWELL

Price : Rs. 995.00


With the failure of multilateralism, regional integration started becoming the reality of world in the form of FTAs and TAs. In 1990s from 50, the number of RTAs notified to the GATT / WTO has increased to 511 as of 15 January 2012. Of these 319 were enforced implying that more and more countries are joining the FTA bandwagon. Sometimes in these FTAs economic motives are mixed with political strategies. The book tries to unfold the strategic motive of US FTAs in West Asia and their culmination into MEFTA. The book also analytically calculates the welfare gains to West Asian economies by signing FTAs using GTAP Model and MENA Trade Simulation Model.


Dr. Syeeda Khatoon is the faculty member in the Dept. of Economics, M.M.H. College Ghaziabad since 2001 and has also taught in the Department of Economics, Doon University, Dehradun during the Academic Session 2011-12. Her specialization is in International Trade. Dr. Syeeda Khatoon is currently working on the University Grant Commission (UGC) funded Major Research Project on India's experience with Free Trade Agreements. She has completed her Ph.D. from Centre of West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and earlier her Masters from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. She has travelled on field trip to Washington DC in USA as part of her doctoral study. She has also contributed research papers in journals, and has present papers in national and international conferences

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