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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsTrade\, Development and Pol
 itical EconomyRishi Sharma\,&nbsp\;Colgate University \n\nAuthors: Alan De
 ardorff (University of Michigan) and\nRishi Sharma\nAlmost all participant
 s in free trade agreements (FTAs)\nexclude at least a few products or sect
 ors from complete tariff removal on the\nexports of their FTA partners. Th
 e positive tariffs that remain within an FTA\nare often the highest tariff
 s that the countries apply on an MFN basis. It\nseems plausible that such 
 exclusions may be chosen because the domestic\nproducers of these products
  are viewed as especially vulnerable to competition\nfrom imports from the
  partner country. In brief\, they are especially “sensitive\nsectors.” The
  authors develop this idea theoretically and then test it\nempirically on 
 data from 37 countries in 240 importer-exporter pairs within\nFTAs. \n\nRi
 shi Sharma is Assistant Professor of\nEconomics at Colgate University. His
  areas of specialization are international\ntrade and public finance. He h
 olds a PhD in Economics from the University of\nMichigan.\n\nFor more info
 rmation\, contact Devashish Mitra\, dmitra@syr.edu&nbsp\; 
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SUMMARY:Exempted Sectors in Free Trade Agreements - TDPE
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</p><p>
 Trade\, Development and Political Economy</p><p><br></p><p>Rishi Sharma\,&
 nbsp\;Colgate University</p><p><br></p><p> \n\n</p><p><b>Authors:</b> Alan
  Deardorff (University of Michigan) and\nRishi Sharma<br>\n<b></b></p><p><
 br></p><p>Almost all participants in free trade agreements (FTAs)\nexclude
  at least a few products or sectors from complete tariff removal on the\ne
 xports of their FTA partners. The positive tariffs that remain within an F
 TA\nare often the highest tariffs that the countries apply on an MFN basis
 . It\nseems plausible that such exclusions may be chosen because the domes
 tic\nproducers of these products are viewed as especially vulnerable to co
 mpetition\nfrom imports from the partner country. In brief\, they are espe
 cially “sensitive\nsectors.” The authors develop this idea theoretically a
 nd then test it\nempirically on data from 37 countries in 240 importer-exp
 orter pairs within\nFTAs. </p><p>\n\n</p><b></b>Rishi Sharma is Assistant 
 Professor of\nEconomics at Colgate University. His areas of specialization
  are international\ntrade and public finance. He holds a PhD in Economics 
 from the University of\nMichigan.<p>\n\n<br></p><p>For more information\, 
 contact Devashish Mitra\, dmitra@syr.edu&nbsp\; </p>
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