Remake trade through a US-EU partnership
Remake trade through a US-EU trade partnership Susan Ariel Aaronson01 October 2010In response to Dr. Cernat’s call for feedback on the EU’s trade policy, this column calls on Europeans and Americans...
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Is America mis-thinking its 21st century trade strategy? Part 1
Is America mis-thinking its 21st century trade strategy? Part 1 Richard Baldwin16 May 2011Two decades of spectacular growth and industrialisation in emerging economies has transformed the world...
View ArticleHow much difference will the EU’s new approach to preferential trade make?
How much difference will the EU’s new GSP scheme make? Javier López González, Michael Gasiorek30 July 2011The EU is redesigning its rules on preferential trade access for developing and emerging...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership and implications for Europe
TPP negotiations, anticipatory trade creation, and implications for European trade policy Florian Mölders, Ulrich Volz23 March 2012The Trans-Pacific Partnership is back on course having received...
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How did US and EU trade policy withstand the Great Recession?
How did US and EU trade policy withstand the Great Recession? Chad P Bown, Meredith Crowley28 April 2012As the global economy entered a crisis not seen since the Great Depression, many feared a return...
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Unilateral tariff liberalisation
Unilateral tariff liberalisation Richard Baldwin30 May 2012In the late 1980s, developing nations that had eschewed all forms of liberalisation began to cut their import tariffs unilaterally. This...
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The shifting geography of global value chains: Implications for developing...
The shifting geography of global value chains: Implications for developing countries and trade policy Peter Draper16 July 2012Fundamental changes to global value chains are afoot. This column argues...
View ArticleTradeSift Trade Policy Training Course
The course is open for applications and is suitable for government officials, NGO staff and private sector professionals from both the developed and developing world. Objectives - Participants will...
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Complex bilateral trade agreements
Some news about preferential international market access Peter Egger, Georg Wamser07 June 2013Free trade agreements are often signed in conjunction with other bilateral economic agreements such as...
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Did trade-policy responses to food-price spikes reduce poverty?
Did trade-policy responses to food-price spikes reduce poverty? Kym Anderson, Maros Ivanic , Will Martin03 August 2013Food prices in international markets have spiked three times in the past five...
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Productivity, pricing power, and exports
Productivity, pricing power, and exports Atsuyuki Kato25 November 2014A large literature shows the importance of firm heterogeneity in determining trade patterns. This column discusses policy...
View ArticleTowards trade policy analysis 2.0
Towards “trade policy analysis 2.0”: From national comparative advantage to firm-level trade data Lucian Cernat08 December 2014The world of international trade has been in constant evolution since the...
View ArticleThe servicification of manufacturing and trade policy
Tear down the trade-policy silos! Or how the servicification of manufacturing makes divides in trade policymaking irrelevant Magnus Lodefalk16 January 2015The manufacturing sector in OECD countries...
View ArticleChina’s 21st century free trade zone
The SPFTZ, a concrete first step towards China’s new development model? John Whalley23 February 2015Since September 2013 China has been operating a new form of free trade zone based in a small area of...
View ArticleTilting the playing field: Multinational firms and preferential market access
Tilting the playing field: Multinational firms and preferential market access Emily Blanchard, Xenia Matschke30 April 2015Recent decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in the nature of world trade...
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China’s WTO accession and exports: Impact by firm ownership
Asymmetric impacts of the WTO Accession on Chinese exporters Ryuhei Wakasugi02 June 2015The Chinese government significantly restructured and modernised its economy to gain WTO accession in December...
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WTO success: No trade agreement but no trade war
WTO success: No trade agreement but no trade war Ralph Ossa11 June 2015The WTO has so far failed to deliver any significant multilateral trade liberalisation. However, this column argues that...
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The currency union effect on trade: Redux
The currency union effect on trade: Redux Reuven Glick, Andrew K Rose15 June 2015The Economic and Monetary Union in Europe has recently been the source of a lot of pain. Its economic benefits often...
View ArticleCoercive trade policy
Coercive trade policy Vincent Anesi, Giovanni Facchini08 August 2015In international trade disputes, coercion is often used against governments whose trade practices are deemed unfair. This column...
View ArticleResolving trade policy uncertainty to promote trade and innovation
Resolving trade policy uncertainty to promote trade and innovation Hongyong Zhang07 January 2016Negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership were far from smooth sailing, leaving the outlook of...
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