the “coherence gap” in global governance. This paper examines the contribution that the WTO can make in its three areas of … argument that could be made for the use of WTO-triggered trade actions to enforce cooperative behaviour towards rebalancing …

they accede to the WTO, the impact of current debates about WTO reform on vulnerable economies, and measures to make it … easier for vulnerable economies to accede to and actively participate in the WTO. The main conclusion is that the benefits … from WTO membership in terms of improved market access for traditional exports are likely to be limited. However, by …

equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 … countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO membership on trade among member counties is … general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small …

Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high …

While “mega FTAs” and WTO-driven efforts at multilateral liberalisation dominate the agenda, customs unions (CU) are … the silent success story of regional integration. Throughout the world, CUs have been superseding earlier FTAs, as new …

world. This raises the issue of the relationship between economic and political integration. The theoretical model shows … that, in an insecure world, the interplays between security and economic forces shape the decision to form a regional …