The report is the first attempt to analyze the use of tariff preferences in free trade agreements, from both the exporter and the importer’s perspective.
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The report “The Adoption of European Union Free Trade Agreements: Exporters and Importers Using Preferential Tariffs” was prepared in cooperation between the Swedish National Trade Commission and the Association. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
In recent decades, there has been a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) on a global scale.
Although these agreements vary in scope and level of depth, their overall aim remains to reduce or eliminate tariffs and other barriers to trade between member countries.
Free trade negotiations are increasingly central to the trade policy agenda. Therefore, it is increasingly important to make recommendations for negotiation and policy decisions based on empirical data and objective facts.
This report is the first attempt to analyze the use of tariff preferences in free trade agreements, from both sides, both the exporter and the importer’s perspective. Observations and findings based on EU FTAs with a number of developed and developing countries.
The EU is one of the main negotiators of FTAs at the global level, being one of the few free trade parties where preferential use data, whether more or less, is publicly available.
UNCTAD and the Swedish National Trade Commission expect the report to promote progress in prioritizing the use of FTAs based on future empirical evidence.
Details of Report “Application of European Union Free Trade Agreements: Exporters and Importers Using Preferential Tariffs”:
