There is an emerging consensus among American politicians and many citizens that trade and globalization have … granted China “permanent normal trade relations” (PNTR) and China's 2001 entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) as key … there was a better trade policy choice in 2000 than PNTR and engagement with China more broadly. It assumes too much …

We investigate whether top managers with personal ties to a foreign country facilitate trade with that country by … overcoming bilateral trade barriers that obstruct international business relationships. Using individual managers' nationality …, we construct a novel database of bilateral top manager connections. We analyze the trade effects of these bilateral …

since the early 1990s. In areas such as trade, investment, labor markets, technology, and policy coordination, regional …

This paper examines the relationship between trade liberalisation and migration in the case of Mexico. The increasing …: are trade and migration substitutes like the policy-makers had assumed or are they complements? Using monthly data from … for illegal migration. The results indicate that increasing trade flows cause larger illegal migration from Mexico to the …

Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact of migrant networks on bilateral trade. While …

evidence we do find is most likely due to factors unrelated to US-Mexico integration. While migration, trade, and FDI may … convergence should follow increased migration, capital flows, and commercial integration. All three have increased between the …

empirically investigate the influence of international students on China’s outward FDI. The results show that international … students in China can significantly promote outward FDI in various Chinese provinces. Moreover, we observe a substitution …