Goods trade remained weak in the fourth quarter of 2023, capping the slowest year of growth for global commerce outside of a recession in the past 50 years. Trade in services grew robustly in the fourth...
Global goods trade picked up slightly in September and October 2023 amid signs of global demand recovery but remained below levels in the previous year. Services trade continued to recover, and travel...
This policy note evaluates the impact that the depth of key trade agreements signed by the Dominican Republic (DR) had on the country’s trading firms. To do so, the note considers the policy areas covered...
This policy note examines the trade performance and potential of the Dominican Republic (DR) as an engine for economic growth. The analysis reveals that while the DR has witnessed an increase in both exports...
New export orders have been shrinking since March 2022, amid cooling in China’s imports, war-induced disruptions in the trade of fuel and agricultural products, rising inflationary pressures, monetary...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) the conflict in Ukraine has already disrupted shipping logistics in the Black Sea area and raised futures prices of fuels and key agricultural products...
This paper studies the trade effects of Covid-19 using monthly disaggregated trade data for 28 countries and multiple trading partners from the beginning of the pandemic to June 2020. Regression results...
Trade in medical goods is essential to cope with health crises. While trade flows have remained robust during the COVID-19 pandemic, trade polices of exporters and importers aimed at securing domestic...
Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is increasingly a concern for developing countries. Using a new database on COVID-19 trade flows and policies, this note looks at the role of trade and trade policy...
World trade is increasingly ruled by preferential trade agreements (PTAs), but their precise nature remains relatively opaque. This paper assesses a central dimension of these agreements, the significance...