Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However …, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side …-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As such, they are best to be accompanied by trade facilitation …

Global trade imbalances narrowed in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. They have remained at a lower level … national saving and investment, which are in turn affected by policy distortions, including in trade policy. Simulations of the … OECD’s METRO model show liberalisation of existing trade distortions would modestly narrow aggregate trade imbalances in …

developing countries face some costs associated with trade liberalization, this paper contributes to the literature by analyzing … accession. The effects can even be negative if the country tries to refinance the trade liberalization costs by means of tax …The establishment of the currently negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between EU and Ukraine is the next significant …

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …

switch to marketoriented commercial policies in the late 1970s drove trade-led growth in the giants, the PRC's reforms were … rate, and concluded more comprehensive free trade agreements (FTAs) with Asia's developing economies. India has attempted …, one might expect the gap in trade performance between the PRC and India to narrow over time. However, both giants face an …

The auto sector in Pakistan has been a persistent opponent of trade liberalisation in the country. This has entailed …