00637nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000230001724500830004026000090012352003410013258300190047394200060049299900170049820260716043343.0  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  cA  c45488d45488