Trade policy and regionalisms in global clothing production networks

Global Production Networks and China’s Processing Trade

This paper unveils a systematic pattern in China’s processing trade. In a cross-section of Chinese provinces, the average distance traveled by processing imports (import distance) is negatively correlated to the average distance traveled by processing exports (export distance). To explain this pattern, we set up a three-country industry-equilibrium model in which heterogeneous firms from two ad...

Evaluation of trade and production policy in Iranian SME (a system dynamics model)

It is undeniable that SMEs face many management-related problems. These problems are often deeply rooted in the strategic decision making by managers. One of these decisions is associated with the production section. Many of these companies provide production infrastructure at high costs; however, they are unsuccessful in acquiring their market share. In these circumstances, providing a solutio...

The Role of Trade Costs in Global Production Networks Evidence from China’s Processing Trade Regime

Global trade, food production and ecosystem support:

The Future of Global Trade Policy

T he onward march of globalisation is among the greatest economic and political stories of our era. Behind globalisation lie both deliberate policies of liberalisation and the revolution in communications and information technology. The latter, in turn, has allowed the emergence of integrated systems of production and distribution, managed by a new breed of global companies. The most important ...