This article analyses several aspects of the divergent economic evolution of North America at the 20-year mark of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with a particular focus on the Mexican economy. Mexico's principal economic role in NAFTA has been that of a secondary exporter, with...

The study tries to shed some light on this linkage in the Philippine case.

The study tries to shed some light on this linkage in the Philippine case.

Global supply chains reshaped international trade since the end 1980s and their role in the trade collapse that followed the financial crisis of September 2008 was determinant. Because production is now internationally diversified, adverse external shocks affect firms not only through final...

Global supply chains reshaped international trade since the end 1980s. Their role in explaining the trade collapse that followed the financial crisis of September 2008 was determinant. Because production is internationally diversified, adverse external shocks affect firms not only through final...

Exporting firms in France, the Netherlands, and Russia cluster by destination beyond that expected by GDP or ports (Choquette and Meinen 2011; Koenig 2009). It is unknown if this also occurs in the United States. The difficulty of obtaining U.S. customs data is the reason this remains unknown. Using...

This paper studies the relationship between Asia’s economic engagements in Africa and individual African nations’ participation in global value chains (GVC) over the past two decades. We find that while overall exports from Africa to Asia are still highly concentrated in resource-intensive...

Eine Analyse des Außenhandels mit China und der Einfuhrabhängigkeiten von China im ersten Halbjahr 2023 zeigt: Gegenüber dem ersten Halbjahr 2022 sanken die deutschen Ausfuhren nach China um über 8 Prozent und die deutschen Einfuhren aus China um knapp 17 Prozent. Eine tiefere Analyse...