We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied MFN … effect of preferential liberalization on external trade liberalization are unfounded. …

This paper develops a general equilibrium model of multi-product firms and analyzes their behavior during trade … (output per product) and extensive (number of products) margins. Trade liberalization fosters productivity growth within and …

of the Canada - US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) of 1989. We calibrate our model to the pre-trade liberalization stage …, simulate the trade liberalization, and compute the resulting growth rates of Canadian industry productivity, exports and …

the welfare of SSA countries. Regional integration (the “Tripartite” FTA, a potential trade agreement gathering 26 African … could be a potential solution to avoid trade diversion. …

them as trade-restrictive interventions. Most interestingly, we show that deep-integration clauses in regional trade …

, price dynamics are driven by domestic productive shocks and international prices. Trade and/or storage policies are …, optimal combination of storage and trade policies results in a powerful stabilization of domestic food prices. Such a policy …

Methodological issues arising from the estimation of tariff equivalents of barriers to services trade are very relevant … partial liberalization of the sector; any measurement errors will strongly affect the estimated gains. Using the Global Trade … equation estimated at sectoral level for 9 services sectors and 65 countries. We also estimate trade equations for services …

recent drafts circulated in the multilateral trade negotiations arena, augmented by a modest outcome of the negotiation in … is added to certain services sectors. Calculation of the gains associated with trade facilitation suggests roughly a … in the scenario combining liberalisation in trade in goods and services with trade facilitation and port efficiency …

This paper investigates empirically the role of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) as determinants of migration … the average effects of PTAs on migration flows and on trade, I show that PTAs stimulate bilateral migration flows more … than trade in final goods. PTAs might be used by government to increase inflows of immigrant workers in the case of labour …

In spite of widespread tariff reductions, intra-African borders remain thick. Regional trade is inhibited by inadequate …