The establishment of the currently negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between EU and Ukraine is the next significant … developing countries face some costs associated with trade liberalization, this paper contributes to the literature by analyzing … trade liberalization, as the results vary significantly across the scenarios. In general, we find that tariff elimination …

-regulatory convergence has also contributed to the spur of cross-border financial transactions. Trade in goods, while highly correlated with …

rapid increase in the share of China in world trade. As the world is taking the full measure of this phenomenon, tensions … therefore provides an assessment of China’s “natural” place in the world economy based on a new set of trade integration … indicators. These indicators are used as a benchmark in order to examine whether China’s share in international trade is …

-price competitiveness effects contributed largely to the trade surplus in some countries, for some southern European countries the trade … countries’ composition of trade could lead to heterogeneity in the potential gains from improvements in competitiveness. JEL …

World trade contracted sharply in late 2008 and early 2009 following the deepening of the financial crisis in September … 2008. This paper discusses the main mechanisms behind the global downturn in trade and its impact on euro area exports and … recorded losses in productivity during this period. Going forward, the recovery in world trade will depend mainly on a …

that there has so far been a moderate increase in actual protectionist measures to restrict trade through tariff and non … since the mid-2000s, and has possibly intensified since the start of the financial crisis. However, no World Trade … Organization (WTO) member has retreated into widespread trade restrictions or protectionism to date. Our model-based simulations …

that there has so far been a moderate increase in actual protectionist measures to restrict trade through tariff and non … since the mid-2000s, and has possibly intensified since the start of the financial crisis. However, no World Trade … Organization (WTO) member has retreated into widespread trade restrictions or protectionism to date. Our model-based simulations …

World trade contracted sharply in late 2008 and early 2009 following the deepening of the financial crisis in September … 2008. This paper discusses the main mechanisms behind the global downturn in trade and its impact on euro area exports and … recorded losses in productivity during this period. Going forward, the recovery in world trade will depend mainly on a …