The rising trade in intermediate goods accounts for almost two-thirds of world's trade (MGI, 2019). India's export share for intermediate goods in its total exports has increased from 31.18% in 2011 to 32.52% in 2016. Moreover, India's overall share in world merchandise exports has itself...

Paper analyses main aspects of trade and economic relationship between the Republic of Tajikistan and Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: economic relationship between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in post-Soviet time; transport infrastructure between two countries and its influence on trade and...

The rising trade in intermediate goods accounts for almost two-thirds of world’s trade (MGI, 2019). India's export share for intermediate goods in its total exports has increased from 31.18% in 2011 to 32.52% in 2016. Moreover, India's overall share in world merchandise exports has itself...

The high import content of Turkish exports and the dominance of low- and medium-tech in Turkey’s export basket pose a challenge to sustainable current account deficit and economic growth. In this study, we investigate the export performance of Turkey to understand the underlying causes of high...

In March 2013, the EU and Japan launched negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA). The EU also announced starting of similar negotiations with the United States. Japan decided to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership under negotiation among 11 developed and developing nations in...

A widely held view among the public is that trade liberalization increases unemployment. Using state and industry-level unemployment and trade protection data from India, we find no evidence of any unemployment increasing effect of trade reforms. In fact, our state-level analysis reveals that...