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This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...
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Co-operation and Development/World Trade Organization's Trade in Value Added Database to assess Brazil's current …
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, but the impact varies by income group. Provisions outside the current mandate of the World Trade Organization (investment … under the current World Trade Organization mandate (tariff reduction and customs facilitation) drive the effect of trade …
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World trade is increasingly ruled by preferential trade agreements (PTAs), but their precise nature remains relatively … Trade Center and the World Bank. The data set covers 5,203 products, 199 reporters, and 239 partners, representing … approximately 97 percent of world imports in 2016. There are three main findings. First, PTAs have significantly widened the scope …
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This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the … percent on average. Escalating export restrictions would multiply the initial shock by a factor of 3, with world food prices …
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This paper takes a first look at the trade effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative, also referred to as the New Silk Road, on the 71 countries potentially involved. The initiative consists of several infrastructure investment projects to improve the land and maritime transportation in the...
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shipment times and trade costs. For the world, the average reduction in shipment time will range between 1.2 and 2.5 percent …
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current system of commitments boosts trade by between 10 and 30 percent, compared with a world where at any moment tariffs …
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Using a cross-section of more than 29,000 manufacturing firms in 64 developing and emerging countries from the World …
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