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This paper provides practical techniques to policymakers for evaluating the potential economic effects of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). To this end, the paper discusses how to apply three methods: (i) trade indicators, (ii) SMART (Software for Market Analysis and Restrictions on Trade) in WITS (World Integrated Trade Solutions), and (iii) the GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) model. The paper identifies the different aspects of an FTA that each method can evaluate, describes data sources and software requirements, specifies how to interpret the output from each method, and discusses the strengths and limitations of each method. To illustrate each method, there are examples applied to countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), particularly Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam.

The edited volume ""Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment"" is the outcome of a technical cooperation project entitled ""Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade and Employment"" managed jointly by the European Commission and the International Labour Office (ILO) with funding from the European Union, and collaborative work between the ILO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The research findings in this volume emphasize the need to make agriculture (or re-establish it as) a high policy priority, particularly in the domains of development, trad

Cheng, Christina M. B.: A historical and cultural prelude. Berlie, J. A.: Society and economy. Lo Shiu-hing: Macao's political system. Berlie, J. A.: Macao's education. A question of language: Chinese, Portuguese, and English. Augustin-Jean, Louis: Macanese identity and food. Maruya, Toyojiro: Past, present, and prospects. Tse, Raymond Y. C.: Real estate and the housing market. Scott, Robert Haney: Macao's financial system and its future. Cao Yunhua: Relations between Macao and South-East Asia. Braganca Jalles, Luisa ; Cheong, David ; Berlie, J. A.: Conclusions and prospects