Bilateral Trade Flows, Trade Facilitation, and RTAs: Lessons from ECOWAS

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-90
Author(s):  
John T. Odebiyi ◽  
Philip Alege
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows

EUROPEAN ACCESSION AND THE TRADE FACILITATION AGENDA

2010 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 227-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN S. WILSON ◽  
XUBEI LUO ◽  
HARRY G. BROADMAN
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Economies In Transition ◽  
Port Efficiency ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

This paper examines the impact of improved trade facilitation measures and institutional capacity in a set of economies in transition Europe. Our results suggest that behind-the-border barriers play an important role in determining bilateral trade flows (controlling for the effects of tariffs, development levels, distance, and regional characteristics of exporters and importers, among other factors). For European Union (EU) members that joined the Union in 2004 and less developed and candidate members raising capacity in port efficiency and information technology infrastructures halfway to the EU-15 average, trade could expand by US$49 billion and US$62 billion respectively. In the context of the economic crisis and fragile recovery, as well as efforts to strengthen Europe integration, efforts to facilitate trade with investments to raise capacity in trade facilitation should be considered as part of policy steps going forward.

scholarly journals The Impact of Trade Facilitation on Vietnam’s Trade Flows

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
AISDL
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Flow ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows ◽  
The Impact

In a globalized economy, countries actively participate in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to bring their advantageous products to the global market through cross-border transport to satisfy customers. Trade Facilitation (TF) has become key to address the difficulties faced by traders in cross-border transport. In the trend of global TF, Vietnam has always been committed to implement TF measures by simplify customs procedures and improving customs clearance efficiency at the border crossing in order to help traders reduce their trading costs. This paper mainly considers the impact of TF measures on Vietnam‘s trade flow under the effect of FTAs. Using the gravity model extended with quantitative measures of customs environment, regulatory environment, and service infrastructure, this paper estimates the impact of TF on bilateral trade flows with Vietnam. The results show that port and customs effects have positive impacts on Vietnam's trade flows. The results also show that these impacts are consistent despite the existence of FTAs. The implementation of TF measures always requires coordination of countries to produce the best results. Indeed, the increase in trade flows between countries will bring economic benefits. And when the reforms of TF are strictly implemented, reducing trade costs will increase trade volume. In a nutshell, TF has gradually become one of the important factors of economic growth.

scholarly journals ICT use and trade facilitation: impacts on bilateral trade of Sub-Saharan countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Billon ◽  
Ernesto Rodriguez-Crespo
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

This paper studies the impact of internet, mobile phones and broadband use on bilateral trade flows of 33 sub-Saharan countries over the period 2004-2014. We use a gravity model in which in addition to standard variables we investigate the joint impact of ICT use and trade facilitation on intra-trade flows. We find positive and significant effects for mobile phone subscriptions for the exporting country; positive impacts of broadband for both the exporting and importing countries and positive influence of internet use for the importing country. We also find a negative impact of trade facilitation on bilateral trade and an inverse relationship between ICT use and trade facilitation suggesting that the lack of trade facilitation might be hindering the potential benefits of ICT use in intra-Sub-Saharan African trade.

Temporary Migration and Bilateral Trade Flows

World Economy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 735-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Jansen ◽  
Roberta Piermartini
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows

scholarly journals Determinants of Bilateral Trade Flows

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajendra K. Srivastava ◽  
Robert T. Green
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows

scholarly journals The Formation of AFTA and Trade Diversion: Evidence from China’s Agricultural Exports

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Nguyen Khanh Doanh ◽  
Jeehoon Lee ◽  
Yoon Heo
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Diversion ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Agricultural Exports ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows

This study analyzes the impacts of the formation of AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Agreement) on China’s agricultural exports. The Hausman-Taylor analysis is applied to panel data collected from China and its 68 trading partners from 1993–2012. Our major findings areas follows. First, the discrimination in tariffs imposed by AFTA diverts trade in agricultural products from China toward AFTA’s member countries. Second, at the sectoral level, the trade diversion effects of AFTA’s formation on China’s exports are significant in the case of beverage and tobacco industries. AFTA and China need to focus more on diversifying and differentiating their farming products. To gain better access to AFTA’s market, more investment in research and development activities is recommended as a cure for Chinese farmers. Moreover, this study implies that more efforts in reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers to further liberalize trade between China and AFTA could enhance their bilateral trade flows.

scholarly journals What Determines Bilateral Trade Flows?

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Kouparitsas ◽  
Marianne Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows
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