contributions to global trade growth have come from East Asian countries in the developing world and the Euro area in the developed … world. Merchandise trade, which in recent years has been less resilient than services trade, picked up, growing by 4 …

. Trade policy developments are mixed. Restrictive trade measures imposed during 2018 affected 3.8 percent of world …-for-tat tariffs between the United States and China alone affected 2.0 percent of world merchandise trade in 2018. Ongoing trade … a multilateral approach and World Trade Organization reforms …

This book investigates dynamic regions in the context of greater global interaction in a world economy increasingly … patterns of world growth and development, competitiveness, inequalities, and convergence? What development strategies should be … promoted at national and international levels to promote a growing and more sustainable world economy? What are the …

prospects and ways globalization links the fates of industrial and developing countries. The report then considers issues in …