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 …

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 …

African countries are negotiating the African Continental Free Trade Area with the aim to spearhead global value chain … (GVC) trade among African countries as a driver for robust economic growth. This paper evaluates the participation of Sub …-Saharan African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in GVC-related trade over the period 1990-2015 using measures of backward …

The study explored the impact of maritime transport financing on trade in South Africa. Using the Autoregressive … Distribution lag model, we examine the impact of maritime transport financing on total trade in South Africa during the period 1994 … trade. The findings suggest an overall, substantial investment in maritime transport has the potential to promote trade …

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 …

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 …