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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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Foreign investment across the belt and road : patterns, determinants and effects

Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang; Lin, Chuanhao - 2018

This paper examines the patterns and economic effects of foreign direct investment across the Belt and Road Initiative countries and assesses the potential role of the initiative in shaping the patterns and effects. Exploring cross-country bilateral transportation cost and foreign investment...

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When elephants make peace : the impact of the China-U.S. trade agreement on developing countries

Freund, Caroline L.; Maliszewska, Maryla; Mattoo, Aaditya; … - 2020

Should the China-U.S. trade agreement prompt relief because it averts a damaging trade war or concern because selective … preferential access for the United States to China's markets breaks multilateral rules against discrimination? The answer depends … on how China implements the agreement. Simulations from a computable general equilibrium model suggest that the United …

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