Mega-regional trade agreements represent an innovation in the governance of international commerce. Led by the major economies, they promulgate an economic framework that is tailored to the interests of the majors. Sorting out the differential impacts of the mega-regionals at the nation state...

This study assesses the potential for enhancement post-Brexit of the UK's non-EU trading relationships by comparing actual levels of UK exports to predicted levels based on gravity model analysis, including by taking into account factors such as similarity/dissimilarity of comparative advantage,...

Intellectual property (IP) and data constitute the essential capital stocks of the knowledge-based and data-driven economy. These intangible capital stocks are not, however, represented in the workhorse models used to assess the impact of international trade agreements. As a result, it is not...

The US negotiating objectives in the NAFTA renegotiation feature a puzzle: the main body of the text is grounded in familiar concepts of rules-based trade, under which trade agreements establish an enabling framework but leave it to the private sector to decide what trade actually takes place,...

Portuguese Abstract: O caráter cada vez mais complexo da trama digital e o crescente número de conflitos nessa seara desafiam nossa capacidade de compreensão. Os autores propõem uma taxonomia dos modos de comércio digital, analisam as áreas em que existem conflitos e comparam as táticas...

The economics of the emerging data-driven economy can be situated in theoretical models of endogenous growth which introduce research and development, human capital formation, and Schumpeterian creative destruction as drivers of economic growth, together with positive externalities related to...

Canadian participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was called into question by Canada's hold-up on signing the draft agreement among the remaining eleven negotiating parties following US withdrawal. This raised the possibility of the CPTPP...

The digital transformation has facilitated old modes of trade and business models and enabled the creation of entirely new ones. Digital disruption is being felt across all modes of trades: digital versions of products or services compete with physically embodied versions; and digital...

We assess the outcomes for the negotiating parties in the Trans-Pacific Partnership if the remaining eleven parties go ahead with the agreement as negotiated without the United States, as compared to the outcomes under the original twelve-member agreement signed in October 2016. We find that the...

Canada is developing a progressive trade agenda (PTA) that is pitched as a response to the rise of anti-globalization populism. This note reviews the concept of the PTA, its motivation, the specific elements that comprise it, the likely efficacy of these measures in addressing the factors...