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spaghetti bowl effect

spaghetti bowl effect noun: a multiplication of free trade agreements, supplanting multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations as an alternative path toward globalization.

Noun

spaghetti bowl effect (plural spaghetti bowl effects)

  1. A multiplication of free trade agreements, supplanting multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations as an alternative path toward globalization.

Forms of spaghetti bowl effect

pluralspaghetti bowl effects

Origin of spaghetti bowl effect

First used by Jagdish Bhagwati in a 1995 paper: "US Trade policy: The infatuation with free trade agreements".

Questions about spaghetti bowl effect

What does spaghetti bowl effect mean?
Spaghetti bowl effect means a multiplication of free trade agreements, supplanting multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations as an alternative path toward globalization.
What part of speech is spaghetti bowl effect?
Spaghetti bowl effect is a noun.
What is the plural of spaghetti bowl effect?
The plural of spaghetti bowl effect is spaghetti bowl effects.

Words near spaghetti bowl effect in the dictionary

  1. spaghetti benders
  2. spaghetti bolognaise
  3. spaghetti bolognese
  4. spaghetti bologneses
  5. spaghetti bowl
  6. spaghetti bowl effect
  7. spaghetti bowl effects
  8. spaghetti bowls
  9. spaghetti box
  10. spaghetti boxes
  11. spaghetti chart

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