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Liberalising Trends in Israel's Trade Policy: Trade Policy Review of Israel
Author(s) -
Tovias Alfred
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1467-9701
pISSN - 0378-5920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01138.x
Subject(s) - protectionism , economics , liberalization , commercial policy , international economics , free trade , politics , international trade , interpretation (philosophy) , rules of origin , market economy , political science , law , computer science , programming language
Israeli authorities have been generally efficient in implementing gradual, mostly unilateral, liberalisation of their country's trade policy regime, with agriculture and related activities being the only major exceptions to the rule. This trend reflects a broad consensus among major political parties in Israel in pursuing liberal trade policy reforms. An alternative interpretation of the liberalising trend is that protectionist pressures from organised sectoral lobbies were either weak or inefficient.