This study estimates the effect of trade facilitation measures implementation on trade costs in Asia and the Pacific … using data from the United Nations Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation. Impact of … different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of measures to ensure compliance with the World Trade Organization …

Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However …, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side …-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As such, they are best to be accompanied by trade facilitation …

We examine the setting of national competition policy in a two-country setting,emphasizing the relationship of trade to … equilibrium distributional effects of competition policy, therelationship of national competition policy to terms-of-trade gains … and losses,the implications of "distinct national markets" linked through trade (thestarting point for all trade theorists …

. This paper reviews the trade and trade facilitation situation of economies along each of the corridors and analyzes the … potential impact on trade from improvements in hard (physical connectivity via good quality transportation networks) and soft … (efficient trade facilitation via an effective border administration and use of ICT) infrastructures. The review highlights …