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-for-tat responses between just the US and China would likely leave the dollar's role essentially unchanged. If both countries coordinate …
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decades, whereas China's has been on a rising trend, yet the share of trade among Asian economies with the dollar zone …. One big dollar-zone economy that has been increasing its presence in Asia is China. However, China has been recently … making efforts to "internationalize" its currency, the yuan (RMB). Hence, if China succeeds in its internationalization …
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China- and US-centric trade blocs …
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Currency crises tend to be regional; they affect countries in geographic proximity. This suggests that patterns of international trade are important in understanding how currency crises spread, above and beyond any macroeconomic phenomena. We provide empirical support for this hypothesis. Using...
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This paper investigates the theory and evidence that history plays a role in shaping the direction of international trade. Because there are reasons to anticipate a positive correlation between the predominant direction of trade flows in the past and membership in preferential arrangements in...
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This paper reviews the literature on governments' motivations for negotiating and joining international trade agreements. I discuss both normative explanations for trade agreements and explanations based on political-economy concerns. Most of the paper focuses on the purpose of multilateral...
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Regional trade in South America since independence has long been much smaller than would be expected if geography were the only constraint on trade. Several potential explanations exist: low technological and demand complementarities; low productivity; high natural and policy barriers to trade....
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This paper attempts to examine the impact of an East Asia FTA on trade patterns in East Asia by using a multi-sector computable general equilibrium model. The model used in this analysis is the standard GTAP model and GTAP database developed by Hertel (1997) and his colleagues of Purdue...
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