How and to what extent can deep preferential trade agreements (PTAs) support the upgrading of companies from developing countries within global value chains (GVCs)? This question is of increasing importance, as PTAs have become the trade instrument of choice of major trading powers, and their...

Six years after enactment, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) remains the cornerstone of U.S. economic policy toward sub-Saharan Africa. Has AGOA fulfilled its promise to serve as a catalyst for African economic development? The author examines the legislative history that led to...

"Trade-environment scholarship has long been focused on the World Trade Organization (WTO). However, against the backdrop of stalled WTO negotiations, the focus of trade-environment politics is shifting dramatically. In the WTO's shadow, the U.S. has increasingly pursued its environmental...