for the United States but also with reference to the wider world. We establish the outlines of international integration a … century ago and analyze the institutional and informational impediments that prevented the late nineteenth century world from … achieving the same degree of integration as today. We conclude that the world today is different: commercial and financial …

world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a … together an expert group of contributors, China's Growing Role in World Trade undertakes an empirical investigation of the … documents data patterns that enhance our understanding of China's trade and what it may mean to the rest of the world …