leading to trade reforms, and the political economy aspects of reform. …

The WTO was created in 1995 with the propose to encourage and regulate trade between its member states. The primary … objective of the WTO was and still is to create economic growth and encourage free trade among nations. This aspect was disputed …

Within East Asia, the outward-oriented Philippine economy is a latecomer to using free trade agreements (FTAs) as a … trade policy instrument and has relied heavily on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for regional … evaluating the impact of FTAs--particularly the 15-year-old ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)--on business activity in the Philippines …

examine the recent history of trade between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and African countries and its … potential impact on industrialization. We will briefly discuss the relationship between trade and industrialization and the … examination of the volume and trends in trade between Africa and the Gulf, and a first estimation of how it has changed. After …

to freer trade, in most models these costs are assumed to be very small. However, more recent evidence is casting doubt …, facilitating the comparison of short term labour market impacts from trade across countries. Data are reported at the individual … results are consistent with modern trade theory which posits that an expanding export sector rewards mostly high skilled …

This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty … eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices … household may be lifted out of or pushed into poverty. The impacts of trade on growth and longer-term consequences of trade …

This report describes the complex and changing interrelationship between trade, domestic investment and foreign direct … investment (FDI) and provides examples of good practices in trade policymaking that create a healthy investment climate in … practices that trade policymakers may wish to address to ensure that their trade policies attract investors and enhance the …