I think things are finally coming together on this last paper, after much agonizing and sleepless nights. Really, this has by far been the hardest intellectual challenge.
The breakthrough thought? I realized what I am arguing is not that preferential trade agreements are asymmetrical. Everyone knows that and it's actually a good thing they are (sort of an affirmative action for developing nations). What I really am arguing is that there is also asymmetry in the promulgation of preferential trade agreements. This Asymmetric Promulgation is what's dangerous and bad. It means countries enter into trade agreements that aren't good for them economically (the agreements don't address issues important to developing countries and the agreements are likely to be signed under political pressure or for non-trade reasons).
Dorkiest post ever. I'll stop now before I tell you about how pretty my tabs are.
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