Economic record of human society in the last period has involved an unprecedented growth of world trade, trafficking of … basic raw materials needed for industry and agriculture, and trade in industrial products or food. To the huge volume of … encouraged by factors such as diversification of trade, number of participants in this process and the increasingly complex …

security at air and seaports as well as land border crossings. Some disruption of trade flows during the immediate aftermath of … the attacks seemed almost inevitable, yet additional frictional trading costs due to tighter security have affected trade …. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the short-term business environment of transport operators and trading companies has been …

the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina’s manufacturing sector. Results suggest … that trade with China and India only had a small negative effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade …For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a …

We evaluate whether the presence of China in world trade is ultimately beneficial or whether it is a threat to Brazil … result of its commerce with China. …

The notion about China being factory of the world is changing. Factories in China are shifting their production base to … neighboring Asia, primarily because of higher input costs in China, a volatile Chinese exchange rate, Chinese exports being … increasingly targeted by its major trading partners, and a fall in price-competitiveness in producing in mainland China. We examine …

, whose prime activity is the exploitation of logs for processing industries in China, to limit their participation in forward …

the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) provides a comprehensive assessment of the potential … impacts of trade liberalisation under CETA. The analysis assesses the economic, social and environmental impacts in Canada and … gains in output and trade to be stimulated by services liberalisation and by the removal of tariffs applied on sensitive …

that, despite the dramatic improvement in information and communication technologies, international trade costs for …, our results suggest that the tariff equivalent of international trade costs is between 50% and 60% larger for services …