DIT is committed to using evidence and analysis to maximise the economic value of our programme of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. Methods, modelling and measurement of trade agreements is an evolving area of research, while future evidence may include investigation into impacts of new and modernising provisions in trade agreements.
The guiding research questions on trade agreements are:
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International trade is of vital importance for modern economies, and governments around the world try to shape their countries' exports and imports through numerous interventions. Given the problems facing trade negotiat...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Surrey
The project evaluates the impact of trade agreements, including non-tariff measures, using machine learning methods and proposes to develop new techniques for PTA evaluation.
What types of trade agreements should the UK join post-Brexit? The world trading system, comprised of multilateral, mega-regional, and bilateral trade agreements offers multiple paths forward for the future of UK trade. ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge
The project aims to understand how individual firm responses to trade agreements impact global trade flows and welfare, and proposes to build a multi-country model to analyze different types of trade agreements.
The seminar series aims to generate new research, create networks, foster capacity building and user engagement by providing an interdisciplinary forum for debate and discussion on: (a) the regulatory, economic and socia...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Bournemouth University
The project focuses on the regulatory, economic, and social aspects of regional integration through FTAs, but does not directly address the effectiveness of trade agreements in reducing trade restrictiveness of non-tariff measures.