Role of Mercosur in regional trade growth

2000 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Anaam Hashmi
Keyword(s):  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Growth

scholarly journals Caratteristiche e mutamenti del commercio agro-alimentare: un confronto fra Italia ed India

2009 ◽  
pp. 151-167
Author(s):  
Donatella Privitera ◽  
Bernardo Rognetta
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Closed Economy ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Trade Reforms ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Growth ◽  
Jel Code ◽  
Flows Over Time

- This paper examines the product specialisation of Italian trade over the period 2000-2006 to identify the roots of Italy's sluggish trade performance with respect to India. In particular, the analysis focuses on the role of product specialisation in relation to world trade growth and competition from emerging countries. We used trade indicators to describe and asses the state of trade flows and trade patterns of a particular country like India and also to monitor these flows over time and across countries. Till the early 1990s, India was a closed economy: average tariffs exceeded 200 percent, quantitative restrictions on imports were extensive, and there were stringent restrictions on foreign investment. The country began to cautiously reform in the 1990s, liberalizing only under conditions of extreme necessity. Since that time, trade reforms have produced remarkable results. The economy is now among the fastest growing in the world. This leads some to see India as a ‘rapid globalizer' while others still see it as a ‘highly protectionist' economy. India however retains its right to protect when need arises. Agricultural tariffs average between 30-40 percent, anti-dumping measures have been liberally used to protect trade. India is now aggressively pushing for a more liberal global trade regime, especially in services.JEL Code: Q17Key words: emerging countries, trade indicators; competitive pressures

Regional Trade and 19th-Century Mosul: Revising the Role of Europe in the Middle East Economy

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-37
Author(s):  
Sarah D. Shields
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Middle East ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
The Past ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
Economic Interaction ◽  
The 19Th Century

During the past two decades, historians of the last Ottoman centuries have produced ground-breaking research documenting the increasing economic interaction between Europe and the Middle East. Relying on information about the empire's trade with Europe, scholars have concluded that the 19th century was a time of transformation–in culture, in politics, and in economics. By thus calling our attention to changing circumstances, these historians, economists, art historians, and sociologists have outlined a general landscape of upheaval and change.1 Monographs on Ottoman cities, focusing on the effects of international trade on coastal areas, have begun to sketch in the epicenters of massive economic dislocation.2

scholarly journals INSTITUTIONS AND INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE IN CEFTA 2006: A GRAVITY APPROACH

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Łukasz Klimczak ◽  
Jelena Trivić
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that had an influence on bilateral trade flows among the CEFTA countries with special emphasize: 1) on the role of CEFTA agreement and its preceding network of bilateral free trade agreements, and 2) on the role of institutions in facilitating intra-regional trade. In order to assess the impact of these variables on trade, we employed an augmented gravity model based on panel data of the CEFTA countries in fifteen years period (2000-2014). The results of the research suggest that there was a positive and statistically significant role of the CEFTA agreement on trade between its parties but the influence of the preceding bilateral free trade agreements was even higher. Results also showed that institutions can play an important role as trade facilitators, but mainly in the importing country while in the exporting country only three of six variables showed to have a positive sign.

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