Understanding your market and the value creation though your supply chain is a relatively young discipline. Thanks to new statistical indicators, it is now possible to conduct sectoral market analysis in value-added. This paper is an application to Mexico and the NAFTA. The objective of this...

What causes U.S. trade with Mexico and Canada to continue growing faster, for up to a decade, relative to countries with which the U.S. does not have a free trade agreement? Baier and Bergstrand (2007) suggest that tariff phase-out and delayed pass-through of tariffs into import prices could...

We build into a Ricardian model the role of trade in intermediate inputs, sectoral linkages and differing productivity levels across sectors. We also propose a method to estimate sectoral trade elasticities. In our model, the trade effects due to overall tariff reductions account for most of the...

While exports within NAFTA face a lower hazard of ceasing, its onset has increased the hazard for Mexican and U.S. intra NAFTA exports. Intra NAFTA exports still enjoy a lower hazard relative to exports to non--members. While NAFTA did affect the hazard for Canada's exports in the short run, its...

This short note examines the 2010 decision by a panel constituted under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement in ‘Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip In Coils From Mexico: Final Results of 2004/2005 Antidumping Review’. The case concerns the application of the so-called...

"The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's trade performance over the past two decades has been disappointing. Efforts to boost trade through a plethora of regional trade agreements (RTAs) are underway. This study examines the potential contribution of regional trade agreements, as well...