But, if PTAs were the only game in town, the implicit constraint on trade barriers against third countries provided by the WTO’s Article 24, which is weak but real, would disappear altogether.
Se i PTA fossero l’unica soluzione disponibile, il vincolo implicito, debole ma reale, previsto dall’Articolo 24 della Wto e relativo alle barriere commerciali nei confronti dei paesi terzi scomparirebbe all’istante.