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View article: Round table discussion: Will a new global trade system or a stronger Asian free trade arrangement emerge against the United States’ aggressive tariff regime? A political economy approach
Round table discussion: Will a new global trade system or a stronger Asian free trade arrangement emerge against the United States’ aggressive tariff regime? A political economy approach Open
The following material is a transcription of a discussion among the contributors to and organizers of the Round Table on the topic: Will a New Global Trade System or a Stronger Asian Free Trade Arrangement Emerge against the United States’…
View article: Digital trade, data protection and the <scp>EU</scp> adequacy club
Digital trade, data protection and the <span>EU</span> adequacy club Open
Between 2000 and 2020, the EU granted 14 so‐called adequacy decisions, permitting EU citizens' personal data to flow freely between the EU and the respective trading partners, including among the countries accorded adequacy. Most adequacy …
View article: Value‐Added in African Exports and Rules of Origin
Value‐Added in African Exports and Rules of Origin Open
Rules of origin (ROO) are criteria determining when goods are eligible for trade preferences. A common feature of ROO is to require that products embody a minimum share of value originating in the exporting country or group of beneficiary …
View article: Industrial Policy and International Cooperation
Industrial Policy and International Cooperation Open
Industrial policy interventions affecting international trade and investment are motivated by a mix of economic and non-economic objectives. Some are explicitly protectionist, targeting an expansion of domestic production; others are not b…
View article: Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa Open
This paper analyzes the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and the structural transformation of local labor markets in Africa. We combine geolocalized information on the distribution of FDI with a novel database th…
View article: Plurilateral Agreements, Multilateralism and Economic Development
Plurilateral Agreements, Multilateralism and Economic Development Open
Plurilateral agreements among sub-sets of economies have a long history within the multilateral trading system. Plurilaterals may appear superficially less attractive than a set of non-discriminatory multilateral rules that apply to all WT…
View article: Celebrating the research career of Douglas Nelson
Celebrating the research career of Douglas Nelson Open
This special issue celebrates Prof. Douglas Nelson's body of research. It comprises articles by many of his co‐authors, colleagues and students. They address two broad themes: the interplay between trade and investment flows and employment…
View article: Agri-food value chains and the global food dollar: The role of trade and services
Agri-food value chains and the global food dollar: The role of trade and services Open
Published online: 08 August 2024
View article: Trade, productivity, and services input intensity
Trade, productivity, and services input intensity Open
Using rich administrative microdata on Ugandan firms, we investigate the response of productivity to trade participation for firms in all sectors of the economy, and the moderating role of services input intensity. We find that companies t…
View article: Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developments, trends and challenges
Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developments, trends and challenges Open
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are transnational governance instruments that can be leveraged to pursue sustainable development in global value chains. They have proliferated since the 1990s in terms of their number and the share…
View article: Country characteristics and trade policy during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic
Country characteristics and trade policy during the <span>COVID</span>‐19 pandemic Open
Government policy responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic often included changes to trade policies. This article uses detailed data on trade policy measures targeting medical products during the first 18 months of the pandemic (January 2020–Jun…
View article: Comment on “Can the World Trade Organization Act as a Bulwark Against Deglobalization?”
Comment on “Can the World Trade Organization Act as a Bulwark Against Deglobalization?” Open
Published online: 02 October 2023
View article: Trade and value chain participation: Domestic firms and FDI spillovers in Africa
Trade and value chain participation: Domestic firms and FDI spillovers in Africa Open
Data on the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects within and across African nations are combined with firm‐level survey data and information on sectoral input–output relationships to assess what types of FDI are more likely …
View article: China and WTO Reform
China and WTO Reform Open
China, the EU and the United States are the world’s largest traders, and many of the tensions in the trading system arise in the relations among them. Our premise is that reforming WTO is a necessary condition for the organization to be a …
View article: Trade Policy, Openness, and Development: Essays in Honour of L. Alan Winters
Trade Policy, Openness, and Development: Essays in Honour of L. Alan Winters Open
Alan Winters was the editor of the World Trade Review (WTR) from December 2008 to mid-2020. Launched in 2002 as a joint initiative of the WTO Secretariat and Cambridge University Press, the WTR has become the leading multidisciplinary jour…
View article: WTR volume 22 issue 3-4 Cover and Back matter
WTR volume 22 issue 3-4 Cover and Back matter Open
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View article: Trade and Sustainable Development: Non-Economic Objectives in the Theory of Economic Policy
Trade and Sustainable Development: Non-Economic Objectives in the Theory of Economic Policy Open
While the theory of economic policy offers a potential framework for thinking about the joint pursuit of economic objectives (EOs) and non-economic objectives (NEOs), over time the theory of economic policy was formalized in a way that con…
View article: Noneconomic Objectives, Global Value Chains and International Cooperation
Noneconomic Objectives, Global Value Chains and International Cooperation Open
Systemic conflicts increasingly affect the global value chains (GVCs) underpinning globalization by creating policy uncertainty and politicizing trade and investment decisions. Unilateral policies to attain competitiveness and noneconomic …