A versão em português deste artigo pode ser encontrada em: 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2805049' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2805049.What impact may regulatory convergence, as promoted by the TPP, have on trade costs? To examine this question, the authors pay particular attention to Chapter 25 of...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership includes a chapter on regulatory coherence and measures to reduce trade costs arising from divergent standards. We review the substantive content of the TPP's measures in light of existing processes in international organizations addressing good regulatory...

This note develops estimates of the trade-related costs of an exit by the United Kingdom from the European Union and compares these to the potential benefits of the alternative trade policies to which a fully independent UK would have access. An exit scenario that re-sets the UK's relationship...

The English version of this paper can be found at 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2805070' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2805070.Portuguese Abstract: Que impactos a convergência regulatória promovida pela TPP pode ter sobre os custos do comércio? Para analisar essa questão, os autores dedicam especial...

The Doha climate change conference failed to deliver a credible agreement on climate change mitigation. Meanwhile, the Doha Round of World Trade Organization negotiations has stalled, to all appearances indefinitely, leaving unresolved the multilateral talks on how to reconcile and integrate...

This paper considers the implications of the shift of trade rule-making and liberalization from the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the mega-regional mode for the development of responses to climate change. We review developments at the interface between the trade system and climate change...