Trade Policy

Black Sea Economic Cooperation Pact
Description of the BSEC's activities.
http://www.photius.com/bsec/bsec.html

The Cato Center for Trade Policy Studies
Aims to increase public understanding concerning the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism.
http://www.freetrade.org/

Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Academic research and briefings in the Center's main research areas, which includes trade and agricultural policy.
http://www.card.iastate.edu/

Computational Modelling of International Trade
Lists a range of links for data and models for use in academic modelling of international trade.
http://www.intereconomics.com/handbook/

DG Enterprise - TBT
EU Website regarding WTO-Technical Barriers to Trade. Database search of notifications and texts.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/

Essays on International Economics
Essays on international economics, world trade and politics published by Jock O'Connell.
http://members.tripod.com/jockoconnell/articles.html

European Trade Study Group
The ETSG is a forum for academic discussion and research on international trade among European universities and research institutes.
http://www.etsg.org/

FlyingFish - The OECD's Crocodile Tears
An essay on globalization, WTO, IMF, the World Bank and the OECD.
http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/oecd/tears.htm

Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)
Provides data, models, and software for multi-region, applied general equilibrium analysis of global economic issues, and organizes training and conferences.
http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/

Globalization
Collection of papers by members of the Institute for International Economics on this topic.
http://www.iie.com/research/globalization.htm

The High Cost of the China-WTO Deal
On U.S. policy regarding China and its entry into the WTO.
http://epinet.org/Issuebriefs/Ib137.html

International Economics Network
A portal for international economics and related disciplines with links to research papers, news and commentaries in the field.
http://www.internationaleconomics.net/

International Trade
Site provides annotated links and statistics for international economics.
http://www.e-and-f.com/

International Trade Issue Briefings
International trade briefings and other issues in trade policy analysis.
http://www.thunderlake.com/briefings.html

International Trade Theory & Policy Analysis
An e-text by Steven Suranovic.
http://internationalecon.com/v1.0/

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A web-book with seventeen chapters covering a wide range of trade-related issues.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/smith/

National Tariff Commission, Pakistan
The website for the official government trade body in Pakistan.
http://www.ntc.gov.pk/

North American Free Trade Agreement - NAFTA
The full text of the North American Free Trade Agreement (provided by Organization of American States).
http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/nafta/naftatce.asp

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development - OECD
Provides analytical underpinnings to support continued trade liberalisation.
http://www.oecd.org/trade/

Public Policy Institute of California/CA Global Economy
The Public Policy Institute of California seeks to understand issues such as how U.S. trade agreements affects California’s state's performance in world markets, the effects of import/export traffic on the state's infrastructure, and the role of immigrants in particular industries
http://www.ppic.org/main/policyarea.asp?i=10

Trade and Development Centre
Contains essays, case studies, country overviews and an online discussion forum.
http://www.itd.org/

Trade Policy Papers
Includes abstracts and full texts of papers on trade policy by Dan Ciuriak.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ciuriak/

Trade Policy Special Report
Articles, and links on free trade issue from the Washington Post newspaper. (Originally posted 1998)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/trade/trade.htm

United States Trade Representative
Official website for America's chief trade negotiator and principal advisor to the president.
http://www.ustr.gov/

World Bank International Trade Research
Contains much information relating to international trade.
http://www.worldbank.org/research/trade/