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 …

trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … consumer and less of an assembler. This provides ground for optimism about the prospects of trade with the PRC as a source of …

external trade and finance - including foreign direct investment, remittances, and aid - play a critical role. It is therefore …

This paper examines the impact of intra-Asia exchange rate volatility on intra-Asia trade in primary goods … economies trade relatively little with each other. …

We provide the combination of the Asian automotive trade case study and the analysis of indicators that may potentially …

The purpose of this paper is to inform the contemporary policy debate on promoting trade among developing countries … (South–South trade) by analyzing trade patterns of developing Asian economies from a comparative global perspective. The … paper begins with a stage-setting historical overview of the policy debate on South–South trade. It then examines trends and …

The purpose of this paper is to inform the contemporary policy debate on promoting trade among developing countries … (South-South trade) by analyzing trade patterns of developing Asian economies from a comparative global perspective. The … paper begins with a stage-setting historical overview of the policy debate on South-South trade. It then examines trends and …

More than half of the World Trade Organization (WTO)-notified services trade agreements (STAs) in effect since 2008 …) determinants of preferential trade agreements and using the World Bank's database on the restrictiveness of domestic services … levels of preexisting trade, and restrictive services regulations are more likely candidates for regulatory convergence. Our …