Transportation corridors and reduced trade costs are essential to develop Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation … (CAREC) countries' foreign trade. However, to intensify intra-CAREC trade as well as the region's global exports, the product … as trade policy, coordination of sectoral policies, diversification, and business reforms. In particular, the countries …

structural change impacts on inequality for a sample of advanced, emerging, and transition economies. Trade liberalization … found that the process of structural change increases income inequality, while trade liberalization and FDI inflows help to …

The paper asks whether trade can help to achieve the employment targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The focus … decent work for all." The theoretical and empirical links between trade and employment are examined to suggest whether trade … has a positive or negative impact on the quantity and quality of employment. At the aggregate level, trade has a positive …

, south of, and across the Caspian Sea. Since 1500, maritime transport has dominated trade between Europe and East Asia … from 1917 to 1991. Practically all the trade links ran north to the Russian Federation. In the 21st century, with the …, for trade in other goods, new transport corridors opened up more slowly until, in the 2010s, the PRC - EU rail links began …

communication technology - contributes to integration by reducing transaction costs and facilitating intraregional trade and … Asia will bring significant opportunities for industrial development in India and trade potential with South and East Asian …

This paper examines the seaports responsible for handling the majority of trade around the Bay of Bengal and … identifiesthe projects that will enable trade and contribute to improving maritime infrastructure. It reviews the nature, potential … evolution,and primary types of maritime trade around the bay, and analyzes the ships carrying that trade. It also reviews the …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA … progress in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha negotiations and the global financial crisis, however, Asian regionalism …, ensuring better coverage of agricultural trade, forging comprehensive "WTO-plus" agreements, and encouraging a region-wide FTA …

) companies will not increase US exports, but on the contrary exacerbate the US trade deficit. The iPhone contributed US$1 ….9 billion to the US trade deficit with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Unprecedented globalization, well organized global … to rational firms such as Apple making business decisions that contributed directly to the US trade deficit reduction …

This paper analyzes the role of processing trade in the People's Republic of China (PRC)'s bilateral trade balances and … the impact of the yuan's appreciation on processing trade. The analysis is based on panel data covering the PRC' 51 … trading partners from 1993 - 2008. The empirical analysis shows that: (1) processing trade accounts for 100% of the PRC …

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade … intermediate goods. Immediately after its accession to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, the PRC adopted a regional … approach to trade and began negotiating and implementing FTAs. This paper analyzes the results of a survey undertaken across …