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Non-Tariff Measures and the World Trading System

Ederington, Josh - 2017

With the success of the World Trade Organization and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in … literature on non-tariff measures in the world trading system. It provides a set of stylized facts based on available data on non … measures in the trade literature with a focus on the rules and institutions that govern non-tariff measures in the world …

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Trade Effects of the New Silk Road : A Gravity Analysis

Baniya, Suprabha - 2019

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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Deep Integration and UK-EU Trade Relations

Mulabdic, Alen - 2017

cover. The analysis relies on information on goods, services, and value-added trade from the World Input Output Database …

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Is 3D Printing a Threat to Global Trade? The Trade Effects You Didn't Hear About

Freund, Caroline - 2019

In the mid-2000s, the production of hearing aids shifted almost entirely to 3D printing. Using difference-in-differences and synthetic control methods, this paper examines the effects of this shift on trade flows. The analysis finds that trade increased roughly 60 percent following the...

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Deep Trade Agreements and Global Value Chains

Laget, Edith - 2018

, 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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Deep Trade Agreements and Vertical FDI : The Devil is in the Details

Osnago, Alberto - 2017

Recent data show that the institutional content of preferential trade agreements has evolved over time. Although pre-1990s preferential trade agreements mostly focused on tariff liberalization, recent agreements increasingly contain deep provisions in diverse areas, such as intellectual property...

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Depreciations Without Exports? Global Value Chains and the Exchange Rate Elasticity of Exports

Ahmed Hannan, Swarnali - 2017

This paper analyzes how the exchange rate elasticity of exports has changed over time and across countries and sectors, and how the formation of global value chains has affected this relationship. The analysis uses a panel framework covering 46 countries over the period 1996-2012, and first...

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Horizontal Depth : A New Database on the Content of Preferential Trade Agreements

Hofmann, Claudia - 2017

1958 and 2015, which reflects the entire set of preferential trade agreements in force and notified to the World Trade … World Trade Organization mandate and in four leading areas outside the current World Trade Organization mandate: competition …

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Preferential Trade Agreements and Global Value Chains : Theory, Evidence, and Open Questions

Ruta, Michele - 2017

Preferential trade agreements today are more numerous and deeper than they were a quarter century ago. Do deep agreements promote countries' integration into global value chains? What are the economic mechanisms? How do countries choose their trade agreement partners? Would the undoing of deep...

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Covid-19 and Food Protectionism : The Impact of the Pandemic and Export Restrictions on World Food Markets

Espitia, Alvaro - 2020

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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