upgrading of the EU15 imports from its emerging neighbours. The EU15 trade with emerging markets in Asia have strengthened the …

The majority of independent nations today were part of empires in 1945. Using bilateral trade data from 1948 to 2006 …, we examine the effect of independence on post-colonial trade. On average, there is little short run effect of trade with … the colonizer (metropole). However, after three decades trade declines more than 60%. We also find that trade between …

reduce the fixed cost of creating new trade linkages. Our finding hence suggests that the increasing presence of foreign …

In order to develop trade in services, the GATS aims to eliminate progressively discriminatory regulations, which apply … to foreign suppliers. This paper looks instead at the trade effect of domestic regulations, which apply to all firms … domestic regulations affect more foreign suppliers than local ones, through the sign of their effect on the trade margins. We …

Since the global crisis, China's foreign trade is no longer driven by its involvement in the global supply chains (i ….e. by processing trade) but its dynamics stems from China’s own domestic demand and supply. For foreign funded enterprises … growing involvement in ordinary trade. The demand for high-end consumer goods has benefited European exporters, especially to …

Since 2007 China has considerably reduced its external global imbalances. Its bilateral trade surpluses with the EU and …