The foreign trade policies of the industrialized countries have become increasingly complex. The states in question do not apply uniform policies to all other countries but operate different arrangements for different groups of countries. The divergencies can be easily adduced as evidence in...

The integration of the newly emerging economies (NEEs) into the global economy not only raises major challenges for OECD Member countries, which must adapt to new sources of competition, it also forces emerging economies to equip themselves with the policies and structures necessary to operate...

This paper, produced for the Commonwealth Secretariat, asks what climate change means for the competitiveness of African LDCs' export trade. It first surveys the export profiles of African LDCs, then surveys what we know about climate change's physical impacts in Africa, as well as considering...