This study provides a decomposition of the WTO Global Trade Costs Index into five policy-relevant components: transport and travel costs; information and transaction costs; ICT connectedness; trade policy and regulatorydifferences; and governance quality. The WTO Global Trade CostsIndex is based...

Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) provisions and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) generally raise trade costs, but by providing a positive signal to consumers that enhances confidence in imported products they can also expand trade. This paper seeks to identify which specific elements of SPS and...

Trade and economic policy -- The modern trade debate among economists -- The making and impact of trade agreements in national legal systems -- The WTO : history, structure, and future -- WTO dispute settlement -- Special topics in WTO dispute settlement -- Tariffs -- Quantitative restrictions...