globalization of services, including economic linkages between countries through trade and investment flows, people mobility and … issues surrounding the participation of economies in services trade and investment flows from a cross-country, national and … outsourcing, protectionism in services, multilateral negotiations in services, the political economy of service sector reforms and …

Until recently, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been an effective framework for cooperation because it has … stake in maintaining trade openness, an initiative that builds on but redefines the Doha Agenda would anchor China more …

We examine technology spillovers to Uruguayan manufacturing firms through imports, foreign direct investment (FDI) and … learning by exporting, for the period 1997-2001. This work provides evidence of the dynamic gains from trade openness for a …

affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … study is that trade and capital movements are very unlikely to lead to an equalisation of factor prices. Thus, strong …

Our purpose in this paper is to unify international trade and finance in a single general equilibrium model. Our model … market clearing (i.e., perfect competition with flexible prices) throughout. But because of the important role money plays … effects on the flow of capital, the balance of trade, and real exchange rates in some circumstances. …

links between tax competition, location of firms and trade integration. It is shown in particular that trade liberalization … dispersion - agglomeration configuration when regional and/or international trade are liberalised. Two main results are found …-shaped but strictly decreasing when impediments to trade are removed. This turns out to be a convenient framework to revisit the …

involving elements of trade policy reform. This study reviews country experiences with respect to the impact of reforms of trade … and trade-related policies on economic performance, export capacity and the ability to attract foreign direct investment …. Trade policy reform can be crucial for success in international markets. Opening domestic markets will change relative …

Trade theorists have come to understand that their theory is ambiguous on the question: are trade and factor flows … finds that policy-makers never behaved as if they viewed trade and immigration as substitutes. …

This paper considers what special features of services need to be taken into account in modelling services trade, and … summarises methods to quantify barriers to services trade. One feature of services trade policy is the formal recognition within …