Challenges and Constraints to Regionalism in South Asia
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2013-09-03
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This paper attempts to clarify the perceived costs and benefits underpinning regional trade cooperation and details the achievements of SAPTA to date and its impact on individual South Asian economies, where evidence is available. It also examines the constraints and challenges that South Asia is likely to face as it moves towards a more intense level of economic cooperation in the form of a South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). Then it highlights some of the issues that need to be considered in moving towards a free trade are in the region by drawing upon the experience of ASEAN with the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).
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Sri Lanka, Free Trade Agreements, FTA, SAPTA, SAFTA, SAARC, South Asia, Trade