to trade barriers and infrastructure quality and cost of infrastructural services. The relative importance of trade … appears to be most sensitive to trade barriers and the density of the telecommunication network. This is also the case for the …

This paper explores the impact of vertical specialization on world trade within the framework of the O-ring theory of … and customs procedures are in place. Changing trade patterns between USA and Mexico and China suggests that proximity and … low trade barriers are important determinants of the extent and nature of vertical specialization. Thus, a larger share of …

This paper provides an economic analysis of the trade conflict between the US and China, providing an overview of the … tariff increases, a discussion of the background of the trade conflict, and an analysis of the economic effects of the trade … leads to minor reductions in the tariffs to 16%. The trade conflict has led to a sizeable reduction in trade between the US …

hurricane season in 2005. We provide evidence that Chinese processing manufacturers with tight trade linkages to the United …

The main objective of this paper is to analyse trade flows and tariff policies of health products. Compared to previous … identified in the common trade classification. The first contribution is thus to construct three groups of health products based … on the 2007 Harmonized System classification of international trade. Using these commodity groups, we analyse trade flows …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

trade in digitized ideas, shaping global value chains and production networks in cultural or creative goods and services …. However, much of this trade has eluded conventional categorization and new business models. In particular multinational firms … number of improvements to better respond to policy information needs, including in the area of trade, innovation or culture …

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 …

trade policy literature: first, what is the purpose of trade negotiations? And second, what is the role played by the … fundamental GATT/WTO principles of reciprocity and nondiscrimination? Relative to the standard terms-of-trade theory of GATT …/WTO negotiations, my theory makes two main contributions: first, it builds on a 'new trade' model rather than the neoclassical trade …

This paper analyses the trade effects of restrictive product standards on the margins of trade for a large panel of … margins of trade. Finally, the negative effects of SPS measures on the extensive and intensive margins of trade are attenuated …