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Key Words
- we analyze plurilateral trade agreements that liberalize trade in particular prod-ucts among a range of countries
- the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) covers around 12% of global trade
- our theory shows that such agreements can be a way forward for multilateral lib-eralization in the context of the WTO
- an empirical study shows that the 2nd phase of the ITA does have a positive im-pact on global trade in IT products
