This paper explores how wealthy countries' reliance on migrant workers is not restricted to
migrants working within their borders but extends, through global supply chains, to migrants …

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) increasingly include environmental provisions. While
the existing literature documents these provisions' environmental impacts, this paper sheds …

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) increasingly feature a variety of provisions related to
economic and social rights (ESR), environmental protection (EP), and civil and political …

The number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has been increasing steadily since the
1980s, as has the number of signatories and coverage of non-trade policy areas in such …

Trade sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) are the main tool used by the European
Commission to assess the potential effects of trade policy initiatives and to engage with …

While the theory of economic policy offers a potential framework for thinking about the joint
pursuit of economic objectives (EOs) and non-economic objectives (NEOs), over time the …

Can trade agreements motivate environmental conservation? I first present a model
whereby the government in the South expands its production capacity (eg, deforest) before …

There are often conflicts between proponents of trade and environmental activists. This
paper shows, however, how trade agreements can be designed so as to motivate …

Using a large dataset covering more than 180 countries and spanning several decades, we
employ a SDID estimator to identify the extent to which trade agreements incorporating non …

This report summarizes the results of an expert survey conducted as part of the consultations
with practitioners and other stakeholders on the findings of a Horizon 2020-supported …