The authors review current developments in international trade and its prospects for the future arguing that despite the recent slowdown, trade remains an important driver of economic growth and development. Scepticism towards further trade opening needs to be addressed, notably via appropriate...

The import content of exports (ICE) is defined as the amount of foreign input embodied in one unit of export, and it has been used as a measure of the degree of integration into the global production network. In this paper, we suggest an alternative measure based on the decomposition of gross...

Horst Siebert, Direktor des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, stellt wirtschaftliche Prozesse und Strukturen in den globalen Zusammenhang. In diesem Kontext werden Wachstums- und Entwicklungsprozesse, Standorte, Faktormärkte und die internationalen Arbeitsprozesse mit Blick auf Einkommen und...