The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations has been ongoing for 10 years, and given political … arguably requires greater recognition of the value of trade policy disciplines that will be part of any agreement. The WTO is … rules of the game for other trade-related policies. Given the slow progress of the Round, greater emphasis could be put on …

Following the onset of the financial crisis in September 2008 and the subsequent “Great Trade Collapse” (Baldwin 2009 …), many countries actively used trade policy instruments as part of their response to the global recession. Governments … pursued a mix of trade liberalization, trade promotion, and trade restrictions. The choice of trade policy has varied, with …

Morocco's trade liberalization policies coincided with macroeconomic growth over the past two decades. The relationship … between trade liberalization and individual-level labor-market outcomes, however, are not well understood. By combining three … complementary approaches and modeling techniques, this paper estimates: (i) the relationship between trade agreements and trade …

We use an empirical gravity equation approach to study how nonreciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs), enacted mainly …, the average trade effect stemming from nonreciprocal preferences is highly unstable across specifications. However, once … effect on the exports of beneficiaries when they are members of the World Trade Organization and are very poor. Not …

indirectly affected by rising export demand. Furthermore, we examine potential impacts on specific worker groups, such as high …-skilled individuals and female workers. The results show that trade does not lead to the same connection with domestic labor markets in … Egypt as observed in other countries, as highlighted in the existing literature explaining the adverse effects of imports on …

. But South-South trade is partly picking up the slack. Middle-income countries are driving export diversification of low …-income countries. Developing countries may be moving toward a new version of export-led growth. …

Basin, Andean, and African countries by the United States. This history is followed by an assessment of trade generated by …

exogenous to Bangladesh, we instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. We compare estimates of the …-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms …This paper studies how a positive export shock - the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of …

exogenous to Bangladesh, we instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. We compare estimates of the …-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms …This paper studies how a positive export shock - the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of …

. • How severe are the various possible constraints to trade expansion? • How different are the constraints to imports from …This book looks at four main questions relevant to the discussion of implementation and effectiveness of aid for trade … the constraints to exports? • What impact would addressing these constraints have on trade and on economic growth? • To …