Abstract In this paper, we analyze the trade war between two large countries when the trade policy is decided through … majority voting. We show how the distributive aspect of trade policy interacts with the strategic aspect. It is shown that the … of the trade war at home (abroad) is larger (lower) than the Johnson-Mayer one. This is to say that the strategic effects …

This paper examines the composition of bilateral manufacturing trade in terms of its pollution intensity. A growing … share of world trade takes place between nations who are members of the same regional trade agreement (RTA). We analyze how … the formation of RTAs affects the composition of trade. We focus on whether richer or poorer nations specialize in …

Abstract The current paper addresses the relationship between trade and endogenous pollution levels, with a focus … different from the previous literature. The mechanism linking pollution and trade here is that trade policy provides the home …. In that sense, the existence of trade helps reduce domestic pollution compared to what would prevail in a situation of …

on exogenous country characteristics to predictions on trade flows and pollution levels. I then discuss recent …

advantage in environment-intensive industries. International trade, in this setting, is not necessarily welfare improving. When … corruption responds endogenously to the over-exploitation of resources, it is possible for international trade to generate forces … that improve resource management by reducing corruption. Therefore, in this case trade could provide gains in addition to …

maintain viability of the domestic industry, the U.S. government has negotiated a variety of trade agreements extending … included in the agreement granting China, the world's largest producer of textiles and apparel, admission to the World Trade … current state of the domestic textile and apparel industry and provides an overview of trade agreements enacted during the …

This paper evaluates the impact of China's WTO entry and the establishment of a free-trade agreement between China and … ASEAN on the ASEAN-5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand). We examine the trade competition between …-tariff model, based on two-digit SITC data. It is found that for the period 1987 to 2000 the competition in trade only occurred …