The five chapters of this dissertation deal with the topic of trade under different kinds of uncertainty. In the first … especially uncertainty about future exchange rates has a negative impact on trade. …

Comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries …, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade …

This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in … developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and … regional level, in which trade occurs. The Handbook on Trade and Development provides a review of the current understanding of …

Since the 1950s, world trade has grown much faster than global economic production. Meanwhile, China has surpassed … Germany as the leading export nation. Continuing trade liberalisation on a multilateral level has made this increasing global … integration possible. Regional initiatives, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Trans-Pacifi c …

useful but not sufficient, and trade sanctions in the WTO framework pose dangers of disguised protectionism. More promising … but still imperfect avenues are Free Trade Agreements that could be used to enforce minimum ILO labour standards and … transparent certifications, e.g. for fair trade products. …