00590nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000230001724500830004026000090012352003410013258300190047320260716043343.0  aSAGER, Michelle A.  aRegional trade agreements : their role and the economic impact on trade flows.  c1997  aExplores the effect of the proliferation of regional trade agreements such as NAFTA and the EU on the multilateral trading system.  Concludes that while such agreements have reduced the importance of the multilateral trading system as the sole set of rules governing world trade, they have not produced a negative impact on world trade.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR