‘supercycle’ of the 2000s), but also to increased price volatility. China has also become a significant trade partner of Sub …The spectacular growth of China has induced major changes for developing countries, in particular low-income Sub …-Saharan African economies. Most of these economies heavily depend on primary commodities for their exports, and China’s demand for …

This paper analyses the effect of international borders and of trade agreements at international borders on subnational … 1950 and 2017. Our results show that international borders decrease regional income per capita, while trade agreements at … international borders increase regional income per capita by about the same magnitude. The positive marginal effect of trade …

This paper explores Southeast Asia's trade performance over the four and a half centuries from 1500 to 1940. It … identifies the determinants of the commodity export performance – falling trade costs, income growth of its trading partners, and … improved supply conditions at home. It also explores its impact on Southeast Asia's growth performance: trade specialization …

countries and Japan by observing the monthly CI (composite index) of business conditions and trade data on exports and imports … exports of individual goods. An important factor behind this correlation of trade with Asian countries and Japan may be a …

In March 2013, the EU and Japan launched negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA). The EU also …. Striking is, however, the outstanding pace of the new trade deals among traditional trading powers. Our paper addresses the … trade relations. It concludes that the recent push for FTAs by the big trading powers is a rapid means of mutual market …

indication of what challenges lie ahead if the plans for further trade liberalization and internationalization are realized. The …

This paper presents and uses a new, stylized single country dynamic CGE model to explore the trade-development linkages … determines capacity additions and more fully captures macroeconomic accounting and growth dynamics predict trade levels in a … satisfactory manner? 2. Are those capacity additions determined by trade liberalization, and if so, which aspects of trade …