developing countries and especially the least developed among them secure a share in the growth in international trade … diversify production, linking to the Global Value Chains and developing adequate infra-structures facilitating digital trade as … overcoming some of these issues through various programs, all geared towards trade capacity building. It is argued that the work …

and trade finance, particularly those receiving trade loans. Results show that a percent increase in trade finance loan is … associated with 0.067-0.083 percent increase in export earnings depending on the model. When we proxy trade finance by the sum of … trade finance loans and export-adjusted notes receivable, elasticity estimates range between 0.18-0.31 depending on the …

This paper attempts to fill a gap in the trade literature by providing a comprehensive overview of services … liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments …

substantial benefits that may be associated with the liberalization of services trade, the GATS has obviously not yet lived up to … regimes and, thus, potentially higher gains from liberalization than in merchandise trade, to undertake or envisage …

essential role of services for economic development; the high costs imposed by trade protection; the benefits of liberalization …

The linkages between trade and resource mobilization are complex and not well defined in theory. To what extent does … trade policy affect resource mobilization and what are the mechanisms? We argue that trade policy is a key factor of … influencing the domestic fundamental balance between aggregate savings and investment. The main effect of trade policy on resource …

This paper studies the effects of trade policy uncertainty on the extensive and the intensive margins of trade for a … sample of 149 exporters at the HS6 digit level. We measure trade policy uncertainty as the gap between binding tariff … commitments under trade agreements (multilateral and regional agreements) and applied tariffs- what is also known as tariffs …

This paper attempts to fill a gap in the trade literature by providing a comprehensive overview of services … liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments …

Economic theory has made considerable progress in explaining why sovereign countries cooperate in trade. Central to … most theories of trade cooperation are issues of self-enforcement: The threat of reprisal by an aggrieved party maintains … explaining why countries choose to settle and enforce their trade disputes with the help of an impartial third party, a “trade …