Resources on Economic Integration

Economies world-wide are becoming more and more integrated. Border taxes have been brought down through trade policy reforms, which in conjunction with lower transport and communications costs has contributed to an increasing degree of globalization. On the other hand, non-tariff barriers, including services trade regulations and logistics deficiencies, remain pervasive and have increasingly moved to the center stage of international policy discussions. This site brings together a number of resources on international trade and finance that will hopefully prove useful to analysts and observers of international affairs.