Sensitive Sectors in Free Trade Agreements

• Published in: East Asian economic review Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 403 - 425
• Main Author: Deardorff, Alan V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대외경제정책연구원 31.12.2018
• Subjects: Exempted Sectors; Free Trade Agreements; Sensitive Sectors; Tariff Lines; Trade Diversion; Free Trade Agreements; Sensitive Sectors; Exempted Sectors; Trade Diversion; Tariff Lines

This paper documents the presence of “sensitive sectors” in Free Trade Agreements, defined as sectors for which the within-FTA tariffs remain positive. The paper includes some brief theoretical discussion of the welfare implications of these, but the main emphasis is on reporting two measures of thi...