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 …

This study estimates the effect of trade facilitation measures implementation on trade costs in Asia and the Pacific … using data from the United Nations Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation. Impact of … different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of measures to ensure compliance with the World Trade Organization …

We derive a simple equation for the welfare gains from trade when tariffs are liberalized or iceberg trade costs fall … countries with relatively high status quo tariffs, our formula predicts 30-60\% larger gains from trade than the icebergs only …. Covering various one-sector trade models that may or may not feature extensive margins and imperfect competition, we generalize …

With the ongoing trade normalisation process between India and Pakistan, opportunities to integrate have opened up … segment to focus on in improving trade relations between the two countries. Here, an empirical and theoretical analysis of … India-Pakistan trade using some statistical indicators reveals low levels of current trade but huge trade potential. Since …

higher tariffs by way of being in India's sensitive list are much higher than that for Pakistan. Bilateral trade is more … clothing sector accounts for the largest share in trade between India and Pakistan chiefly because of the similarities in … culture and the importance of the sector in their economies. However, the level of bilateral trade in textile and clothing at …

Recent quantitative trade models treat import tariffs as pure cost shifters so that their effects are similar to … iceberg trade costs. We introduce revenue-generating import tariffs, which act as demand shifters, into the framework of … formula predicts 30-60% larger gains from trade when iceberg trade costs and/or tariffs are liberalized as compared to a pure …

Recent quantitative trade models treat import tariffs as pure cost shifters so that their effects are similar to … iceberg trade costs. We introduce revenue-generating import tariffs, which act as demand shifters, into the framework of … formula predicts 30-60% larger gains from trade when iceberg trade costs and/or tariffs are liberalized as compared to a pure …

Recent quantitative trade models treat import tariffs as pure cost shifters so that their effects are similar to … iceberg trade costs. We introduce revenue-generating import tariffs, which act as demand shifters, into the framework of … formula predicts 30-60% larger gains from trade when iceberg trade costs and/or tariffs are liberalized as compared to a pure …

We extend structural gravity models of bilateral trade flows to oligopolistic competition. We show that conventional … gravity estimates do not only reflect trade costs but also market power. Our simple estimation procedure generalizes the … standard gravity model and disentangles exogenous trade frictions and endogenous market power distortions. We use our estimated …

trade. We find that bound tariffs are more effective with higher risk destination markets, that a large binding overhang may …WTO negotiations deal predominantly with bound - besides applied - tariff rates. But, how can reductions in tariffs … from the real options literature; doing so we highlight the important role of bound tariffs at the extensive margin of …