We assess the literature on public and private quality standards and their impact in food markets, international trade …, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor markets and with … impediment against trade and development, reflecting the complexity of these effects and their specificity to industries and …

, international trade, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor … for or impediment against trade and development, reflecting the complexity of these effects and their specificity to …

, international trade, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor … for or impediment against trade and development, reflecting the complexity of these effects and their specificity to …

-Section). This comprehensive dataset on non-tariff measures is intended for descriptive, trade policy or econometric analysis. …

This working paper introduces the concept of bilateral asymmetries in international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS …), i.e. the discrepancies that can be seen in reported bilateral trade flows between trading partners. Such discrepancies … called mirror data. These discrepancies impact bilateral trade balances and other economic variables reliant upon 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 …

graph analysis. Natural resources endowments, on the one hand, and services orientation, on the other one, are among the … most determinant variables for defining Trade in Value Added (TiVA) clusters. The level of economic development remains a … exporting higher share of domestic content, except in services exports; but in this case, export volumes remain marginal. …

The trade facilitation negotiations have been one of the more active topics in the Doha negotiations. At the same time …, experience provides a sound knowledge basis for international co-operation on trade facilitation, with basic reforms within the … the issue as a mercantilist bargain of assistance in exchange for trade reform "concessions" would be to introduce …

This working paper introduces the concept of Trade in Value Added (TiVA) and presents an initial analysis of TiVA for … selected regional ESCAP economies. The paper introduces Global Value Chains (GVCs) and issues for the measurement of trade …