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…
This study systematically assessed the cross-border spillover effects of U.S. government subsidies on the Sino-US supply chain using a multi-period difference-in-differences approach. Our findings indicate that the U.S. government's subsidy policies…
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…