This report evaluates the impact of the Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement (SSFTA) through an in-depth analysis of its utilization rates and trade deficits. Part II focuses on the methodology for calculating SSFTA utilization, refined by Chinese and…
At World Trade Organization (WTO), nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and until everyone agrees at the negotiating tables, and that ‘magic’ moment has been difficult to arrive at. Some WTO Members have argued that if all Members cannot…
This article investigates whether cointegration approach can be the basis of an international trade network and whether such a network is relevant for analysis. We fit data on international-trade flows with a cointegration specification using…