Talk:Free trade area

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I have removed the following paragraph

The theory of comparative advantage rests on the necessary condition of "capital immobility." If financial (or labor) resources can move between countries, then the comparative advantage theory erodes, and absolute advantage dominates. Given the liberalization of capital flows under free trade agreements of the 1990s, the necessary condition of capital immobility no longer holds. As a consequence, the economic theory of comparative advantage no longer supports free trade theory.

For reasons see the Talk:Comparative advantage. Skatehorn, 6 Feb 21:21 CET

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[edit] Suggested split/disambiguation

NO GOOD: free trade agreement currently directs to this article. This is extremely confusing. Free trade agreement needs a separate article (into which the exsisting list of free trade agreements should be integrated). the FTA disambiguation page also needs an entry just on Free Trade Agreement. I have no idea how to do such things, though I'd be willing to contribute to a new 'free trade agreement' article if someone else could please arrange the above. Bine maya 12:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

quite right!

[edit] Cumulation

Do you mean that Cumulation is between "Free Trade Area"'s of between the countries of an FTA? --bodben 08:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Both. There is bilateral, diagonal, full, regional, etc. types of cumulation. I think that they apply to countries, but in some cases they apply to groups, like EEA.Alinor 18:23, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger

I advocate a merger between free trade area and free trade zone given the identical coverage of both articles. The direction of the merge is purely arbitrary, and can be settled on through a poll if requested for. Ariedartin JECJY Talk 04:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Oppose FTZs are special places in some countries, where their regular trade/industry laws are not fully aplicable, with the aim of ensuring better conditions for investors. FTAs are agreements between two or more states about abolishment of the tariffs on imports between them - with the aim of increasing the trade turn-over. Thus FTA is totaly different thing from FTZ. Of course because the terms are regulary used in the wrong place - both articles should have links to one-another. Alinor 18:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose A free trade zone is a special administrative area with-in a country. A free trade area is a special agreement between countries. they are different ideas.
  • Oppose Agree to the above, Free Trade Zones and Free Trade Area are two very different concept and should be kept that way.
  • Oppose Agree to the above. FTAs necessarily involve multiple countries (A,B,C for the sake of argument); they deliver incentives to trade between members of the 'area' whether these firms are located in Country A, Country B, or Country C. FTZs generally exist in a single country (though often at a border) and deliver incentives only to those firms located inside the FTZ (provided they meet other requirements for incentives such as export share of sales, employ local citizens, etc). That is, a FTZ in Country A would allow for a company to import raw materials and intermediate goods from Country B free from import duties; however, a firm in Country B importing goods from a firm in the FTZ in Country A would still be subject to all customs duties and taxes levied in Country B.

[edit] Tariff preference area

It would be great if we had an article about Tariff preference area, with some comparisons against FTA. Marcelobbr (talk) 22:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)