Based on the past experience relating to FTAs, with a special focus on Sri Lanka, the paper emphasizes the importance of good processes, policies, strategies, and institutional mechanisms for entering into such agreements. It presents a list of important steps, negotiation methodologies, and...

This study uses the gravity model to analyse the geographical pattern of New Zealand's foreign trade, and the extent to which closer economic relations have influenced this pattern using cross-section data separately for each of the years 1987 through to 1992. This is then repeated using pooled...

This paper examines the patterns and determinants of Australia's revealed comparative advantage in manufactured exports. The results show that Australia's greatest comparative advantage is in technology-intensive and skill-intensive products. Export competitiveness appears to be positively...

An increasing interest has emerged among policy makers and academics on the question "Do stringent environmental regulations lead to loss of international competitiveness in terms of declining exports and increasing imports compared with those from the countries which have lower environmental...