This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of … interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the … with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …

international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil … rates suggest that China will become the dominant trade partner for Brazil surprisingly soon. …We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply …

International trade patterns at the product level are surprisingly dynamic. The majority of trade relationships exist … for just a few, often only one to three, years. In this paper, I examine empirically the duration in German import trade … large trade value and a low elasticity of substitution; and for trade pairs that command a large share of the German import …

This paper studies the performance of China’s exports during the 2008—2009 financial crisis. It focuses on the speed at … which China’s exports were hit by this downturn. Product-country monthly exports data is utilized. It is found that GDP … trade prior to the crisis are hit by the recession earlier than other products. …

In recent years wages in China have been rising and the yuan has appreciated, potentially eroding China’s cost … advantage in manufactures. This paper explores the evolution of China’s relative unit labor costs in manufacturing over 1998 …-2009. Between 1998 and 2003 China’s unit labor costs fell, but since 2003 they have increased both absolutely and relative to US …

(China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic …Open regionalism and integration between the world’s two largest developing countries - the People’s Republic of China … economic integration between China and India involving common neighbouring countries could be increasing. This paper discusses …

into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as …, India-China bilateral trade has increased by a factor of 33 between 1995 and 2007, and this growth has occurred at an … accelerating rate. This compares with a 7 fold increase in the China’s overall trade this period. With bilateral FDI the increase …