Contrary to the recent literature that concludes that the GATT/WTO has been completely ineffective in promoting world … has, however, been uneven. GATT/WTO membership for industrial countries has been associated with a large increase in … imports estimated at about 44 percent of world trade. The same has not been true for developing country members, although …

has transformed the country from a negligible player in world trade to the world's second largest exporter, as well as a … of Chinese trade, its macroeconomic implications, trade disputes with other WTO member countries, and the role of foreign …

There is clear evidence that during 1980-90 more exports are positively associated with higher growth rates across … their effective utilization of foreign investment and exports …

differ across countries and issue areas. Case studies of export subsidization in Korea, Brazil, Turkey, India, Kenya, and …

OECD growth rate of 2% we find that trade integration with low-wage countries in the decade around China's WTO accession ….7%. China accounts for about half of these growth increases …

This paper generalizes the gross exports accounting framework, initially proposed by Koopman, Wang, and Wei (2014) for … a country's aggregate exports, to one at the sector, bilateral, and bilateral-sector levels. Such a generalization … requires a conceptual distinction between value added exports by forward and backward industrial linkages, and a non …

formally and adduce some empirical support for it. We construct an index of the "income level of a country's exports," document …

Continental trade blocs are emerging in many parts of the world almost in tandem. If trade blocs are required to … reduction of trade barriers against non-member countries. That may not be politically feasible. On the other hand, in a world of …