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Title: The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy

Author(s): Chad P. Bown and Meredith A Crowley

Publication Date: April 2016

Keyword(s): antidumping, MFN, non-tariff barriers, preferences, quantitative restrictions, safeguards, Tariffs and temporary trade barriers

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: This paper surveys empirically the broad features of trade policy in goods for 31 major economies that collectively represented 83 percent of the world's population and 91 percent of the world's GDP in 2013. We address five questions: Do some countries have more liberal trading regimes than others? Within countries, which industries receive the most import protection? How do trade policies change over time? Do countries discriminate among their trading partners when setting trade policy? Finally, how liberalized is world trade? Our analysis documents the extent of cross-sectional heterogeneity in applied commercial policy across countries, their economic sectors, and their trading partners, over time. We conclude that substantial trade policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy.

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Bown, C and Crowley, M. 2016. 'The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=11216