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South-south trade - winning from liberalisation

This paper by the Department of Foreign Affair's (DFAT) Economic Analytical Unit, looks at the existence of barriers to trade between developing countries (south-south). It also examines how the removal of these barriers has impacted on south-south trade flows, which now make up over 12% of global trade.

Issues covered include:

  • barriers to south-south trade
  • recent trends in developing country trade
  • benefits of reducing trade barriers between developing countries
    policy implications.
 

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