Countries embarking on trade negotiations are not only seeking increased market access, but also, reduced market … trade agreements (RTAs) concluded by OECD and large emerging economies over the last decade. While there is a lively … discussion on strengthening transparency in the World Trade Organization (WTO), scant attention has been paid to the evolution of …

What influences the adoption of transparency obligations in trade agreements, and what are its effects? This paper uses … a new dataset on transparency provisions in over a hundred regional trade agreements (RTAs) to provide empirical … evidence of the political economy determinants of international transparency commitments, as well as the trade impact of …

Dynamic gains from trade can be an important conduit for increased firm-level innovation and productivity, both key … components of economic growth. This paper builds on previous research on the dynamic gains from trade by moving beyond a single … gains through the import of intermediate inputs and capital goods and systematically explores the specific impacts of non-trade …

The proliferation of preferential trade agreements has posed challenges for the multilateral trading system. But … regional trade agreements (RTAs) also allow countries to develop and strengthen trade disciplines beyond what is possible at … of attention in multilateral trade agreements and negotiations as the elimination of import tariffs and quantitative …

Over the past decade, an increasing number of economies have resorted to regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a means to …

Trade logistics facilitate trade. Quality logistics services play an important role in facilitating the transportation … of international trade in goods: inefficient logistics services impede trade by imposing an extra cost in terms of time … that trade logistics play in the volume and value of international trade and the extent to which poor quality logistics …

of Bangladesh has been in falling almost continuously. Bangladesh’s trade performance has improved and gaining momentum … despite the TOT deterioration. Bangladesh is also experiencing a net welfare gain from trade due to its increasing market …This paper explores the key reasons behind the movements in the terms of trade and the real net gain and loss from …

crops in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade regulations. [IFPRI Brief No.13] …

2020 marked some of the largest reductions in trade and output volumes since WWII. Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic … and using the latest monthly and quarterly data on international trade of selected countries and products, this paper … documents key shifts in geographical direction and product composition of international trade in 2020. Trade in services …