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As is common parlance in the literature I use ‘North’ to refer to developed states and ‘South’ to refer to the developing world.
Büthe and Milner (2008) argue that governments form PTAs as a commitment device to provide assurances to otherwise wary investors.
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Cook, S.J. Mark S. Manger. 2009. Investing in Protection: The Politics of Preferential Trade Agreements between North and South (New York: Cambridge University Press). Rev Int Organ 5, 501–504 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-010-9082-5
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