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Contents Preface Tables,Figures,and Boxes AbbreviationsandAcronyms Introduction PARTONEWhereDoesthe RegionStand? I. Beyondthe Year2000:Implications ofthe MiddleEast's Recent TradePerfonnance vii IX xiii AlexanderJ. Yeatsand FrancisNg 9 2. AgriculturalTradeandRuralDevelopmentinthe MiddleEast andNorthAfrica DeanA. DeRosa 45 3. Intra-IndustryTradeofArabCountries:An Indicatorof Potential Competitiveness O/ehHavrylyshynand PeterKunzel 81 PARTTWOQuantifyingthe GainsfromLiberalization 4. Assessingthe ImplicationsforLebanonofFreeTrade withthe EuropeanUnion WillMartin I03 5. A FreeTradeAgreementbetweenthe EuropeanUnion and a Representative ArabMediterranean Country:A QuantitativeAssessment ThomasF. Rutherford ElisabetE. Rutstrom,andDavid Tarr l45 6. Rents,RedTape,andRegionalism:EconomicEffects of DeeperIntegration BernardHoekmanandDeniseKanan 171 vi Contents PART THREE Policy Challenges 7. Enhancing Egypt's Exports James H. Cassing, Samiha Fawzy, Denis Gallagher, and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din 8. Regulatory Regimes and Trade Costs Jamel Zarrouk 9. Strengthening Intellectual Property Rights in Lebanon Keith E. Maskus PART FOUR Institutional Options IO. The Greater Arab Free Trade Area: Limits and Possibilities Jamel Zarrouk 11. Benefiting from WTO Accession and Membership Bernard Hoekman and Jayanta Roy Contributors References 207 227 251 285 307 325 327 ...

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