Regional partners in global markets limits and possibilities of the Euro-Med agreements

Papers presented at a conference on "How can Egypt benefit from a partnership agreement with the European Union", held in Cairo in June 1996.

At foot of title: ECES, The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Overview / Ahmed Galal and Bernard Hoekman -- Pt. I. Regionalism: Theory and Evidence. 2. Preferential Trading Arrangements: The Traditional and the New / Robert Z. Lawrence. 3. External Bindings and the Credibility of Reform / Joseph F. Francois. 4. Economic Integration in East Asia: ASEAN / Dean A. DeRosa -- Pt. II. Agreements Under the Euro-Med Initiative. 5. Some Economic Effects of the Free Trade Agreement between Tunisia and the European Union / Drusilla K. Brown, Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern. 6. Growth, the Maghreb and Free Trade with the European Union / John Page and John Underwood -- Pt. III. Egypt and the European Union. 7. Towards a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union: Issues and Policy Options for Egypt / Bernard Hoekman and Simeon Djankov. 8. A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Egyptian Trade Liberalization Scenarios / Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus.

9. The Egypt-European Union Partnership Agreement and the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Sector / Arvind Subramanian and Mostafa Abd-El-Latif. 10. Potential Impact of a Free Trade Agreement with the EU on Egypt's Textile Industry / Hanaa Kheir-El-Din and Hoda El-Sayed. 11. The Egypt-EU Partnership Agreement and Liberalization of Services / Mahmoud Mohieldin -- Pt. IV. Policy Implications. 12. Globalization, EU Partnership and Income Distribution in Egypt / Ishac Diwan. 13. Egypt and the Partnership Agreement with the EU: The Road to Maximum Benefits / Ahmed Galal and Bernard Hoekman.