'In the last decade trade costs have been a subject of intense study in the international trade literature. Richard Pomfret and Patricia Sourdin provide a timel

In a globalised world, where goods cross borders many times as intermediate and as final products, trade facilitation is essential to lowering overall trade cos

With efforts for further substantive liberalization of trade showing little signs of success, focus has shifted to the rationalization and simplification of pro

Negotiations on trade facilitation were concluded at the WTO 9th Ministerial Conference in 2013, and the Agreements on Trade Facilitation (TFA), therefore, beca

This report discusses the benefits of trade facilitation - meant to promote transparent, predictable and straightforward border procedures so as to expedite the