To understand the design of JPEPA and EFTA, notably the similarities with other FTAs of Japan and EFTA-member countries, respectively, and how these similarities affect Philippine trade, the study proposes the use of text-of-trade-analysis, that is, text analysis employing textas-data. The paper...

On 29 March 2019, the United Kingdom (UK) will formally withdraw from the European Union (EU). Although it is still not clear if the UK and the EU will reach an agreement to regulate several aspects of Brexit, ranging from the free circulation of citizens to financial matters, before that date,...