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Mattoo, Aaditya (ed.); Rocha, Nadia (ed.); Ruta, Michele (ed.) - 2020

Deep trade agreements matter for economic development. The rules embedded in DTAs, along with the multilateral trade rules and other elements of international economic law influence how countries transact, invest, work, and, ultimately, develop. Trade and investment regimes determine the extent...

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Trade in Critical COVID-19 Products

Espitia, Alvaro - 2020

The covid-19 pandemic is increasingly a concern for developing countries. Using a new database on COVID-19 trade flows and policies, this note looks at the role of trade and trade policy to address the looming health crisis in developing countries with highest numbers of recorded cases. It shows...

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Covid-19 and food protectionism : the impact of the pandemic and export restrictions on world food markets

Espitia, Alvaro; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 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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The evolution of deep trade agreements

Mattoo, Aaditya; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020

This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...

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

Osnago, Alberto - 2015

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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GVC participation and deep integration in Brazil

Hollweg, Claire H.; Rocha, Nadia - 2018

Co-operation and Development/World Trade Organization's Trade in Value Added Database to assess Brazil's current …

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Trade effects of the New Silk Road : a gravity analysis

Baniya, Suprabha; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 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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How much will the Belt and Road Initiative reduce trade costs?

Soyres, François de; Mulabdic, Alen; Murray, Siobhan; … - 2018

shipment times and trade costs. For the world, the average reduction in shipment time will range between 1.2 and 2.5 percent …

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The heterogeneous effects of trade policy uncertainty : how much do trade commitments boost trade?

Osnago, Alberto; Piermartini, Roberta; Rocha, Nadia - 2018

current system of commitments boosts trade by between 10 and 30 percent, compared with a world where at any moment tariffs …

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How preferential is preferential trade?

Espitia, Alvaro; Mattoo, Aaditya; Mimouni, Mondher; … - 2018

World trade is increasingly ruled by preferential trade agreements (PTAs), but their precise nature remains relatively … Trade Center and the World Bank. The data set covers 5,203 products, 199 reporters, and 239 partners, representing … approximately 97 percent of world imports in 2016. There are three main findings. First, PTAs have significantly widened the scope …

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