Regional Free Trade Agreements of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Analysis and Policy Recommendations

CASE Reports No. 69

122 Pages Posted: 29 Mar 2007

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Wojciech Paczynski

CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research

Malgorzata Jakubiak

European Union - Directorate General for Trade

Amir Hadziomeragic

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Nermin Oruc

International University of Sarajevo (IUS)

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Date Written: March 2007

Abstract

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the free trade agreements between Bosnia and Herzegovina and its regional partners of the SEE Stability Pact process. It identifies the key determinants of BiH's imports and exports in the gravity model framework and describes the trade barriers that were identified during interviews with BiH companies and other stakeholders. The concluding section contains specific recommendations for general and trade-specific policies that could help in better realising the BiH trade potential, in relations with its CEFTA 2006 partners but also the EU an other countries.

Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina, foreign frade, FTA

JEL Classification: F14, F13, F15, F17

Suggested Citation

Paczynski, Wojciech and Jakubiak, Malgorzata and Hadziomeragic, Amir and Oruc, Nermin, Regional Free Trade Agreements of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Analysis and Policy Recommendations (March 2007). CASE Reports No. 69, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=976883 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.976883

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