spaghetti bowl effect

noun

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

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Meanings

nounspaghetti bowl effect (plural spaghetti bowl effects)

plural spaghetti bowl effects

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

Origin

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

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spaghetti bowl effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20bowl%20effect

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“spaghetti bowl effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20bowl%20effect. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spaghetti bowl effect,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20bowl%20effect.

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