In 2018, the United States launched a trade war with China, marking an abrupt departure
from its historical leadership in integrating global markets. By late 2019, the United States …

This chapter surveys empirically the broad features of trade policy in goods for 31 major
economies that collectively represented 83% of the world's population and 91% of the …

Linear regressions with period and group fixed effects are widely used to estimate treatment
effects. We show that they estimate weighted sums of the average treatment effects (ATE) in …

We develop a novel two stage methodology that allows us to study the empirical
determinants of the ex post effects of past free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as obtain ex …

We examine the impact of policy uncertainty on trade, prices, and real income through firm
entry investments in general equilibrium. We estimate and quantify the impact of trade policy …

This article describes a new fact, then analyzes its causes and consequences: in most
countries, import tariffs and nontariff barriers are substantially lower on dirty than on clean …

A large and growing number of countries participate in multiple preferential trade
agreements (PTAs), which increasingly entail broad cooperation over policies extending far …

We review the literature on the globalization backlash, seen as the political shift of voters
and parties in a protectionist and isolationist direction, with substantive implications on …

Trade is a cornerstone concept in economics worldwide. This updated second edition of the
essential graduate textbook in international trade brings readers to the forefront of …

The past decades have witnessed big changes in international trade with the rise of global
value chains (GVCs). Some countries, such as China, Poland, and Vietnam rode the tide …