Global goods trade accelerated in the five months from July through November amid strong US economic growth and a spurt in demand fueled by expectations of higher import tariffs. Trade in services, which...
Green goods trade will matter for the transition to a low-carbon global economy as well as for its adaptive capacity to climate events. This study explores green goods trade and related trade policies...
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...
Quality regulation has become the dominant instrument of trade policy. Panel evidence shows that regulations classified as sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade both increase...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries used export and import policy as a tool to expand the availability of scarce critical medical products in the domestic market (scarcity nationalism). This paper...
Governments can maintain full regulatory control and yet fully liberalize restrictions to trade in services. African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA's) protocol on trade in services explicitly recognizes...
Governments can maintain full regulatory control and yet fully liberalize restrictions to trade in services. African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA's) protocol on trade in services explicitly recognizes...
This short note is designed to assist the Management Information Systems (MIS) unit and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Unit to keep the webpage and electronic archive on AfCFTA updated...
As part of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) support to African Union Commission (AUC) on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), WBG assisted AfCFTA Unit to enhance the online presence and accessibility...