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The Russian invasion of Ukraine contributed to soaring world market prices of many commodities with severe repercussions for many African countries. This study examines the implications of the 2022 world market price increases for wheat, fuels, and fertilizers for Ethiopia. Using a computable...
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many potential gains from entering into free trade agreements (FTAs) with its neighbors, who collectively form a large and …
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We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Kenya's foreign trade using quarterly trade data for the period 2019 … regional trade integration, is bound to boost exports and enhance resilience. …
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We evaluate, empirically, the effect of changes in trade policy during the 2018-19 trade war on U.S. economic activity … international trade. To do that, we construct a measure of exposure that combines the share of a sector’s gross output that is … accounted for by trade with the pattern of comparative advantage of each state in that sector. We then exploit cross …
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While standard demand factors perform well in predicting historical trade patterns, they fail conspicuously in 2020 … demand model in 2020 vary systematically with the health preparedness of trade partners, suggesting that pandemic …-response policies have international spillovers. Bilateral product-level data covering about 95 percent of global goods trade reveals …
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The U.K.'s decision to exit the E.U. (popularly known as “Brexit”) sets the stage for a potential retaliatory trade war …
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This study has analysed the impact of liberalisation of Indian economy and FDI policy on the retail sector since its implementation in the 1990s. It also further analyses sub-categories by investigating its impact on the unorganised retail sector and the flow of FDI in single-brand retail and...
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The debate on “exchange wars and trade wars” is raising the attention of experts on international trade and economics … trade policy instruments – tariffs, as defined by the WTO – World Trade Organization. It is divided into three sections: the … first one examines the effects of exchange rate variations on tariffs and its consequences for the multilateral trade system …
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develops a network trade model with international sector-level input-output linkages. Our model is entirely general with closed …-form solutions and can be used for any trade policy experiment. We use World Input Output Data (WIOD) to simulate the effects of TTIP …
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Objective – The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of the Free Trade Zone (‘FTZ') in the Riau Islands … following the implementation of the FTZ.Novelty – The introduction of the FTZ means that trade commodities, including cigarettes …
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