The negotiations on trade in services at the WTO have so far produced little liberalization beyond levels unilaterally …

As each new round of multilateral trade negotiations approaches, there is a demand for a negotiating rule that would …

imports from countries with lower carbon prices. A key factor affecting the impact of any border taxes is whether they are … based on the carbon content of imports or the carbon content of domestic production. Our quantitative estimates suggest that … the former action when applied to all merchandise imports would address competitiveness and environmental concerns in high …

Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade … constructed trade and tariff data at the country-product-year level (1992-2017). The analysis finds that the AGOA boosted African … Central and Western Africa. Firm-level customs data for selected countries reveal that even in East Africa, the recent export …

Should the China-U.S. trade agreement prompt relief because it averts a damaging trade war or concern because selective … States and China would be better off under this "managed trade" agreement than if the trade war had escalated. However …-supplying neighbor, Mexico. Real incomes in the rest of world would decline by 0.16 percent and in China by 0.38 percent because of trade …

This edition of Global Trade Watch addresses three questions concerning recent trade developments: What is happening …? Why? Does it matter? 2016 is the fifth consecutive year of sluggish trade growth and the year with the weakest trade … performance since the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. Current estimates of growth in the volumes of trade in goods …

export subsidies in the industrial countries and sharply reduce the scope for distorting domestic support—by 70 per cent in … technologies that can help mitigate global warming. An agreement to facilitate trade by cutting red tape will further expand trade … their ability to take advantage of new opportunities will be enhanced by the Doha-related “aid for trade” initiative …

Trade and investment in services is inhibited by a range of policy restrictions, but the best offers so far in the Doha … services trade and regulatory reform. The first is for governments to create mechanisms ('services knowledge platforms') to … bring together regulators, trade officials and stakeholders to discuss services regulatory reform. Such mechanisms could …