English Explanatory Dictionary

spaghetti bowl effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A multiplication of free trade agreements, supplanting multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations as an alternative path toward globalization.

Word forms

spaghetti bowl effect spaghetti bowl effects

Etymology

First used by Jagdish Bhagwati in a 1995 paper: "US Trade policy: The infatuation with free trade agreements".

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