This paper deals with the role of regional trade in fostering the resilience of domestic food markets. Using country … production and trade data from FAOSTAT database, a series of simple indicators are calculated that shed light on the potential … for domestic markets stabilization through trade among African countries within Regional Economic Communities, including …

account for the U.S. dollar's outsized role in trade through invoicing. While in the long run all estimated elasticities rise …

A mega regional Free Trade Agreement like the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership … provides empirical estimates of potential changes in Malaysia's merchandise balance of trade if it joins the CPTPP and compares … it to its trade balance if it does not join this free trade agreement (FTA). A positive balance of merchandise trade is …

Services are an important part of global economic activity and of international trade. Nevertheless, compared to its … manufacturers. This paper analyses how Thailand can seize the opportunity of growing international trade in services. It points out …, Thailand can benefit more from service-oriented Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). Moreover, eliminating FDI restrictions …

global economy, trade, and the multilateral trading system. The event has single-handedly led to the adoption of economically … cooperation and coordination amongst Members. One such proposal was a declaration on “Trade in Essential Goods for Combating the … sectoral suggested by Singapore and New Zealand. Trade enhancing results can only be expected if these inconsistencies are …

agricultural production and trade expansion. This paper cannot answer the question whether the present multilateral rules framework … completed, and it shows where the ‘development promises' of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World … Trade Organization (WTO) remain unfulfilled. Based on the experiences with the Uruguay Round, it argues that even the …

African states up to October 2014. The EPAs are meant not just to liberalize trade but also to promote economic development in … Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … ECOWAS EPAs as example, analyses reveal that tensions are due to both the gap between discourse and practice of EU trade and …

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade …

, the EU, and Africa: market access, foreign direct investment (FDI), aid, security, and the nature of the partnership. The … offer something new that other global players with increasing interest in Africa, such as China, do not already have on …