It is well known that, despite improvements in recent years, a number of LAC countries' exports still remain below their potential and what would be expected judging from their levels of development. The same holds for their degrees of export diversification (Blyde et al., 2014). In addition,...

Rules of origin are a crucial market access instrument in the rapidly proliferating network of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) around the world. In this volume, Estevadeordal and Suominen reveal the protectionist impulses behind rules of origin, examine their impacts on international trade...

Author Kati Suominen takes stock of the US-led economic order under which the world has operated in the post World War II era. She accounts for the 21st century challenges to this balance of power, and offers a roadmap for Washington to advance global growth and stability in the decades to come....