into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as … different comparative mode. That their bilateral closeness is deepening is evident in a number of areas. On the trade front …, India-China bilateral trade has increased by a factor of 33 between 1995 and 2007, and this growth has occurred at an …

or common market, whereas international insecurity deters the formation of preferential and free trade agreements. …

of terrorism, as well as internal and external conflict is equivalent to as much as a 30 percent tariff on trade. This is …We investigate the empirical impact of violence as compared to other trade impediments on trade flows. Our analysis is … larger than estimated tariff-equivalent costs of border and language barriers and tariff-equivalent reduction through GSPs …