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Title: Why Do Trade Negotiations Take So Long?

Author(s): Christoph Moser and Andrew K Rose

Publication Date: May 2012

Keyword(s): Cox, data, duration, empirical, GATT, income, regional, survival and WTO

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics and International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: The Doha multilateral round of trade negotiations sponsored by the WTO has been dragging on for over a decade, with no end in sight. In this short paper we assess empirically what determines the duration of trade negotiations, focusing on the span between the start of trade talks and their conclusion. We use data from 88 regional trade agreements between 1988 and 2009, and a semi-parametric Cox proportional hazards model. Four factors are robust determinants of the length of RTA negotiations. Negotiations are more protracted when there are more countries at the negotiation table, and when the countries are not from the same region. Negotiations between more open and richer countries are also finished more quickly.

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Moser, C and Rose, A. 2012. 'Why Do Trade Negotiations Take So Long?'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8993