Manufacturing-led development has provided the traditional model for creating jobs and
prosperity. But in the past three decades the conventional pattern of structural transformation …

A prominent argument as to why countries sign “deep” preferential trade agreements (PTAs)
is to foster global value chains (GVCs) operations. By exploiting a new dataset on the …

A growing share of modern trade policy instruments is shaped by non-tariff barriers (NTBs).
Based on a structural gravity equation and the recently updated Global Trade Alert …

Geo‐economic tensions, notably associated with the rise of China, and global collective
action problems—climate change and the COVID‐19pandemic—call for international …

It is increasingly clear that China's economic and political power rivals that of the US. This is
potentially a serious problem for multinational companies, since China's rise could lead to …

The global process of strengthening and harmonization of intellectual property rights (IPRs)
systems has been intensified in the last twenty five years by the signing of trade agreements …

DTAs are reciprocal agreements between countries that cover not just trade but additional
policy areas, such as international flows of investment and labor, and the protection of …

Sustained high growth in many developing countries ('the rise of the rest') combined with
long‐standing World Trade Organization (WTO) working practices hamper the ability of the …

As international trade practices continue to develop, more than half of all international
service trade has been digitised, with digital trade rules becoming a key factor affecting the …

This is the first paper that analyzes for a global sample of countries how trade agreements
that include technology-related provisions impact exports of goods, and how this impact …