Since the recovery from the great financial crisis in 2010, global real trade flows grew much slower than pre …) A debate has arisen as to whether this global trade slowdown, and related falling trade-to-income elasticity, was … the prominent role of aggregate demand, notably when weighted by its trade component. Our paper goes in this latter …

integrate in world trade. The paper uses a combination of techniques, from an analysis of disaggregated trade flows by country … and sectors, to the calculation of trade intensity indices by country and sector, and value-added trade by sector. It … finds combined evidence of forward and backward trade increasing between several neighbouring Asian economies and China, in …

This is the first paper that analyzes for a global sample how trade agreements that include technology … property rights. It also estimates the differences in these effects depending on whether the trade flow in question is between … countries with similar or different levels of development. The main results indicate that regional trade agreements (RTAs) that …

underestimates the extent of trade conflict resolution within the WTO. Both the SPS and TBT Committees address a significant number … of ‘specific trade concerns' (STCs) that in the overwhelming majority of cases do not become formal disputes. The STCs … agreements. It appears as if Committee work on STCs significantly helps defuse potential trade frictions concerning national …

Trade finance, particularly in the form of short-term letters of credit has received favourable capital treatment new … created leverage ratio for trade. This paper offers a relatively simple model approach showing the conditions under which the … ratio on trade instruments seems to support the analytical framework developed in this paper …

Stockholm Convention, SC) in reducing trade in hazardous substances. We estimate the effects of ratification of these agreements … about 7 percent. In the case of the SC, the results show significant reductions in trade shipments from OECD to non …

institutions, regional development banks, export credit agencies, to mobilize sufficient flows of trade finance to off-set some of … the past two years. Given that 80 to 90% of trade transactions involve some form of credit, insurance or guarantee, one … can reasonably say that supply-side driven shortages of trade finance have a potential to inflict further damages to …