Trade facilitation policy focuses on accelerated and transparent shipment processing to reduce trade costs. A common … economically relevant to determine import processing costs, predict who would benefits from trade facilitation, and interpret …

We propose a simple and flexible econometric approach to quantify ex-ante the "deep" impact of trade liberalization and … measure of the change in bilateral trade costs in response to a hypothetical policy change. To demonstrate the effectiveness … of our methods, we focus on the integration between the countries from the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA …

international trade, changing prices, quantities traded, or both. This definition comprises both measures that restrict trade and … measures, for example) and trade remedies, and more complex measures such as technical and health regulations, whose main … purpose is generally not restrict trade, but to achieve other public policy objectives. The article presents some preliminary …

. Initially, the paper reviews the historical relation of competition policy to trade policy, from the Havana Conference to the … differences between the mind-set of legislators adopting a competition law and trade negotiators bargaining for a multilateral …

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) - a system of differential and favorable trade arrangements toward less … growth in developing countries through trade rather than aid. The outcome of such programs have, however, been mixed. This …

have been facing substantial adjustment costs in their endeavor in implementing trade and investment reform. The present … the internal institutional, technological and trade related characteristics, is made, drastic implementation of reform …

The paper reviews the evidence of the impact of trade liberalisation on the economic performance of poor developing … countries with respect to trade and the balance of payments, economic growth, poverty reduction, the distribution of income … within countries, and the distribution of income between countries, and finds that trade liberalisation has not delivered the …

We discuss most favoured nation (MFN) treatment in trade agreements, and its significance for developing countries … be non-discriminatory. In a co-operative bargaining framework in which trade policies are jointly set, MFN changes the … threat point and hence affects the bargaining solution. We use a calibrated numerical model of global trade in which we …

integration between the European Union and developing countries by removing barriers to trade: trade preferences and trade … practitioners and researchers in both areas, the paper concludes that while at least some trade preferences actually have been less … of a failure than their reputation suggests, trade facilitation is a far more promising policy option for the future …