clothing sector accounts for the largest share in trade between India and Pakistan chiefly because of the similarities in … culture and the importance of the sector in their economies. However, the level of bilateral trade in textile and clothing at … USD 722 million (2013) is dismal as compared to the trade potential of USD 2.10 billion. To make a case for increasing …

We analyze the United Nations commodities trade database (UN comtrade), comprised of international commodities … exchanges in volume and price with monthly resolution. We introduce a trade impact index to quantify the impact, in terms of …

policies that can accelerate recovery while boosting longterm growth. In a scenario of tight fiscal constraints, trade and … modest trade and investment gains for the region, associated with incremental rather than major adjustments in the global … value chains. It concludes by arguing that, whatever the future brings, minimizing trade and investment costs is likely to …