The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations has been ongoing for 10 years, and given political … arguably requires greater recognition of the value of trade policy disciplines that will be part of any agreement. The WTO is … rules of the game for other trade-related policies. Given the slow progress of the Round, greater emphasis could be put on …

Following the onset of the financial crisis in September 2008 and the subsequent “Great Trade Collapse” (Baldwin 2009 …), many countries actively used trade policy instruments as part of their response to the global recession. Governments … pursued a mix of trade liberalization, trade promotion, and trade restrictions. The choice of trade policy has varied, with …

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 …

This study estimates the effect of trade facilitation measures implementation on trade costs in Asia and the Pacific … using data from the United Nations Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation. Impact of … different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of measures to ensure compliance with the World Trade Organization …

Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However …, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side …-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As such, they are best to be accompanied by trade facilitation …

With the ongoing trade normalisation process between India and Pakistan, opportunities to integrate have opened up … segment to focus on in improving trade relations between the two countries. Here, an empirical and theoretical analysis of … India-Pakistan trade using some statistical indicators reveals low levels of current trade but huge trade potential. Since …

migration as a tool for increasing trade. We attempt to put this position to empirical scrutiny. Our results demonstrate that … migrants spur exports, especially along the extensive product margin of trade and for differentiated products, but with no … migration to facilitate trade may only be effective with respect to exports. This paper also contributes to the literature on …

This paper presents an overview of the trade and policy issues in the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals … the attention they merit, despite their profound consequences on how to use - or not use - trade policies for promoting … development. Following this, it examines the three major phases in the MDG/SDG progress: first, a pro-trade agenda during the …

migration as a tool for increasing trade. We attempt to put this position to empirical scrutiny. Our results demonstrate that … migrants spur exports, especially along the extensive product margin of trade and for differentiated products, but with no … migration to facilitate trade may only be effective with respect to exports. This paper also contributes to the literature on …

The dissatisfaction of developing countries with the new Trade Round surfaced first in the WTO meeting in Seattle in … industrializers and the failure of recent across-the-board and universal trade liberalization, he proposes the necessary changes in …