"spaghetti bowl effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spaghetti bowl effects [plural]
Etymology: First used by Jagdish Bhagwati in a 1995 paper: "US Trade policy: The infatuation with free trade agreements". Head templates: {{en-noun}} spaghetti bowl effect (plural spaghetti bowl effects)
  1. (economics) A multiplication of free trade agreements, supplanting multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations as an alternative path toward globalization.
    Sense id: en-spaghetti_bowl_effect-en-noun-5N~IxwM7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Economics Topics: economics, sciences

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