regional trade accord in history and, if approved, could have set new terms for the nearly US $28 trillion in trade and …, the present paper seeks to analyze the impact of the TPP agreement on various trade and other economic variables of China … both if the USA continues to be a part of TPP and if the USA withdraws from TPP using the Global Trade Analysis Project …

Vietnam, have a number of existing FTAs with some major TPP members and hold a significant trade share with them. However …, these countries do not have any agreements with Canada and Mexico and except Singapore, have no other trade negotiation with … model and attempts a number of simulations by calibrating various trade integration scenarios, such as tariff reduction and …

SSA countries. This latter finding clearly poses a challenge to efforts to increase intra-Africa trade. These findings … and diversification of trade partners. …

President Trump’s actions on trade have not quite matched his rhetoric, but the worst may be to come. Though the … of instruments to pursue his goals. The trade doctrine he has espoused makes for trade policy instability both at home … and abroad. It may lead to a large deterioration in the operating environment of international business. America’s trade …

improved trade facilitation could bring huge gain as a large part of Indo-Pacific trade has remained unrealized. The trade … transaction cost is one of the major trading barriers prohibiting the growth of Indo-Pacific intra-regional trade. The study … reinforces that improvement in infrastructure and connectivity that leads to less trade transportation costs should be a …

We analyze the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity growth in Kenya's manufacturing sector, using a … panel spanning 8 years; 1992-1999. Our analysis reveals that liberalizing trade generates high productivity improvements in …. Consequently, formulating policies that effectively relax restrictive barriers to trade in the economy could speed up firm …

This study uses trade data from Switzerland's Federal Customs Administration to examine the impact of Covid-19 on … international goods trade between January and July 2020. We show that Swiss trade during that period fell by 11% compared to 2019 … and that the contraction following the "Federal Lockdown" in mid-March was considerably steeper than the Swiss trade …

We analyze the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity growth in Kenya’s manufacturing sector, using a … panel spanning 8 years; 1992-1999. Our analysis reveals that liberalizing trade generates high productivity improvements in …. Consequently, formulating policies that effectively relax restrictive barriers to trade in the economy could speed up firm …

trade restrictions in recent years. This paper examines the trade patterns of North Korea with its 19 major trading partners … over the period 1989-2016. Moreover, the paper quantifies the trade barriers between North Korea and the rest of the world … by estimating border effects in a gravity model framework. The findings indicate that North Korea's trade with developed …