The North American lumber market is integrated and, under normal conditions, provides unhindered access to all suppliers. North American log markets, in contrast, function on different principles: in one principle, a profit allowance for the wood processor plays a role in timber pricing, whereas...

Economics

This paper addresses the issues of whether the linking of core labor standards withmultilateral or bilateral trade agreements is an effective way of promoting the improvement of labor standards. We review the determinants of core labor standards overtime and conclude that efforts to improve...

This article aims at to verify the effects of the trade agreements implanted in the textile sector (Multi-fibre Agreement, Agreement on Textiles and Clothing andliberalization of the textile sector in the world trade) about the integration among theinternal and external prices of the cotton of...

This paper analyses the possible impacts of tariffs and nontariffsbarriers elimination on beef market in Brazil. To evaluate theeffects of free trade is used a spatial model formulated as Mixed ComplementaryProblem (MCP). We simulate four sceneries to achieve thispurpose: the first simulates the...

This research analyses the different scenarios for the trade relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit. It analyses three possible models and covers ten years after Brexit. The first one, using the comparative methodology, examines the possibility and consequences of reaching a deal...

This study analyses the process of economic integration in Latin America. Making use of a structural gravity model, this paper provides an ex-post assessment of the effect of the trade agreements (TAs) signed by Latin American countries on international trade. We account for the last wave of TAs...

Artículo de revista ; This article describes the main characteristics of the trade agreement reached between the European Union (EU) and the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) in 2019 and presents estimates of its possible impact on trade and GDP in the two areas." "It is an ambitious...

¿Cuáles son los efectos sobre el comercio de los acuerdos comerciales con disposiciones laborales? Esta pregunta ha ganado fuerza debido a la creciente importancia de los acuerdos comerciales y la proliferación de cláusulas especificas relacionadas con los derechos y condiciones laborales...

Este artículo estima el impacto del MERCOSUR sobre los flujos comerciales y el bienestar usando un modelo de gravedad estructural cuantitativo estándar. El impacto sobre los flujos de comercio bilateral y sobre el bienestar es altamente heterogéneo entre los países del MERCOSUR. El aumento...