The current postcrisis environment—and fragile economic recovery—increases the importance of aid for trade. Global … identifies four options to enhance the effectiveness of the multilateral aid for trade initiative: (i) expanding market access … identify good practices in domestic regulation of service markets and other “behind-the-border” trade-related policies; (iii …

With the virtual disappearance of tariffs, domestic export time delays have emerged as a major obstacle to trade. This … countries. We propose a novel mechanism by which reductions in delays induce governments to increase the export fees they charge … exporters, and test this prediction empirically. Our results support this form of endogenous export fees. They also show that …

This paper discusses the channels between openness and productivity and trade hampering factors. The stylized facts … from the heterogeneous firms literature suggests that firms face market entry costs for each new product they export and to … each new export market. Transport costs, border costs and retail and wholesale distribution costs might add up to 170% of …

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement among 12 Pacific Rim countries whose joint gross … domestic products (GDPs) account for 36 percent of world GDP and whose mutual trade accounts for approximately 24 percent of … world trade. As for most proposed free trade agreements (FTAs), trade economists have provided ex ante computable general …

accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more typical pattern of “trade first, money later …”, recent policy initiatives involve the simultaneous implementation of trade and monetary/financial accords. Given this … sequence, is there a case for monetary union in East Asia? Is there a case for expanded free-trade areas (FTAs) in the region …

The political economy of international trade decision-making within the United States is complex and ever-changing. The … obtain Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), highlight these complexities. This piece attempts to clarify the political economy …. Third, the piece addresses Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and its interplay with TPA. The article concludes with an …

We review theoretical and empirical work on the economic effects of the United States and China trade relations during … economic effects on different outcomes. We then focus on the recent U.S.-China trade war. We discuss methods used to evaluate … its effects, describe its economic effects, and analyze if this increase in trade protectionism reverted the effects of …

Panel data on 54 developing countries between 1960 and 2000 are used to investigate how the impact of opening to trade … on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality.  The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate …

Panel data on 54 developing countries between 1960 and 2000 are used to investigate how the impact of opening to trade … on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality. The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate …

Panel data on 54 developing countries between 1960 and 2000 are used to investigate how the impact of opening to trade … on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality. The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate …