Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. The authors examine the actual scope for preference...

Using some evidence from Italy and Germany, and drawing on some case studies of German involvement in garment exports from Sri Lanka, the authors explore the impact of involvement by foreign enterprises on the exports of garments by developing countries. They look, in particular, at the ways in...

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years.These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more typical pattern of "trade first,money later", recent policy initiatives involve the simultaneous...