We estimate the impact of international standards certification on the export performance of firms in a developing economy using a unique panel data from Pakistan’s textile and apparel sector. To address endogeneity, we implement a novel…
The WTO is ambitiously negotiating rules on agriculture subsidies, fisheries subsidies and food security to achieve Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) such as zero hunger, doubling agriculture productivity and preservation of marine resources.…
This chapter provides an overview of the growing influence of both labour standards and gender equality concerns in contemporary trade debates, and in particular how existing FTAs have increasingly accommodated both types of issues. In the following…