Scientific article
Published:
Free trade agreements in a small, open country: The case of Norway
Written by
Hege Medin
Senior Research Fellow (part time)
Ed.
Summary:
Negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) has been a high political priority for Norway. Today it has agreements with 41 countries outside the European Union (EU) / the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), resulting one the world’s most extensive FTA networks. FTAs cover about 10% of Norway’s trade – a share likely to increase in the future. These agreements eliminate tariffs on a substantial number of traded products, and have gradually become more comprehensive, covering an expanding range of non-tariff areas. Hence, they may have trade-promoting effects beyond tariff reductions as such. On the other hand, the non-tariff provisions often do not go further than what has already been dealt with in other international agreements or practised domestically, so their overall effect may be limited.
- Published year: 2019
- Full version: Pre-print article
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DOI:
DOI: 10.1111/twec.12876
- Page count: 9
- Language: English
- Journal: The world economy
- URL 1: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/twec.12876
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Written by
Hege Medin
Senior Research Fellow (part time)