A lively debate is taking place over the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on East Asia's business between those who view the agreements as a harmful Asian "noodle bowl"—i.e., overlapping regional trade agreements—of trade deals and others who see net beneficial effects in...

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years. These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more typical pattern of “trade first, money later”, recent policy initiatives involve the simultaneous...

Previous empirical research has assumed that goods trade responds to goods trade preferentialism only, while other forms of preferentialism – such as services trade or investment preferentialism – are irrelevant for goods trade. This paper provides novel evidence for the gains from a broader...

Russia’s foreign trade turnover fell deep in December 2014 – the lowest plunge since October 2009 – with both exports and imports seeing almost equal rates of sinking. The geographical structure of Russia’s foreign trade is facing changes.

В декабре 2014 г. произошло самое серьезное сокращение российского внешнеторгового оборота с октября 2009 г. При этом темпы падения как экспорта, так и импорта...

В апреле 2013 г. наблюдалось сокращение экспорта при одновременном увеличении импорта, в результате чего значительно сократилось сальдо торгового баланса РФ. Во...