This paper examines ethics in international trade from several different ethical perspectives, including … rights approaches to trade. Utilitarianism is shown to be structurally deficient for several reasons that cannot be overcome … the vast majority of the population. Any trade restrictions must necessarily violate someone’s property, contract and …

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The unbundling of trade across regions offers unique opportunities for SMEs to integrate into global trade notably … factoring has a positive effect in allowing SMEs to access international trade, in countries in which it is available. Factoring …

The unbundling of trade across regions offers unique opportunities for SMEs to integrate into global trade notably … factoring has a positive effect in allowing SMEs to access international trade, in countries in which it is available. Factoring …

Developments in trade finance in 2020 were largely driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve years after … the great financial crisis of 2008-09, the issue of trade finance re-emerged as a matter of urgency. While the current … difficulties in accessing trade credit. This is occurring notably in countries - particularly developing countries - in which …

Developments in trade finance in 2020 were largely driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve years after … the great financial crisis of 2008-09, the issue of trade finance re-emerged as a matter of urgency. While the current … difficulties in accessing trade credit. This is occurring notably in countries – particularly developing countries – in which …

This paper surveys a wide body of economic literature on the relationship between currencies and trade. Specifically …, two main issues are investigated: the impact on international trade of exchange rate volatility and of currency … misalignments. On average, exchange rate volatility has a negative (even if not large) impact on trade flows. The extent of this …

This paper surveys a wide body of economic literature on the relationship between currencies and trade. Specifically …, two main issues are investigated: the impact on international trade of exchange rate volatility and of currency … misalignments. On average, exchange rate volatility has a negative (even if not large) impact on trade flows. The extent of this …

In this paper we integrate the costs of trade finance in a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to evaluate the … trade and output effects of counterfactual policy experiments on costs of and access to trade finance. The costs of … financing international trade consist of two components: the financial costs and the costs associated with the risk of goods not …