Analysis

Turning Inward? Or Fighting the Crisis with Further Opening? Evidence from the Nigerian Banking System

Dozie Okpalaobieri

26 Oct 2009

In light of the global crisis, the fear has been that African governments would introduce more protectionist policies as a response.…

What Can Be Learned From Crisis-Era Protectionism? An Initial Assessment

17 Oct 2009

Drawing upon the Global Trade Alert's database of contemporary protectionism, this paper offers an initial assessment of the extent to which our understanding of protectionism may have to evolve. …

Broken Promises: a G20 Summit Report by Global Trade Alert

18 Sep 2009

The 2nd Report from Global Trade Alert reveals how the G20 countries have broken their 'no protectionism' pledge…

First GTA Report, July 2009

9 Jul 2009

Global Trade Alert, first launched on 8 June 2009, has been in operation for a month. Experts from every region of the world are now contributing to this initiative.…

Boosting the availability of trade finance in the current crisis

Marc Auboin

5 Jun 2009

In CEPR Policy Insight No. 35, Marc Auboin lays out some recent facts and explains the decisions made at the G20 London Summit regarding the supply of trade finance.…

The collapse of global trade, murky protectionism, and the crisis: Recommendations for the G20

Richard Baldwin and Simon J. Evenett (eds)

5 Mar 2009

Trade is experiencing a sudden, severe and globally synchronised collapse. Protectionist forces have already emerged and will strengthen as the recession gets worse. But this is not 1930s-style protection. Governments' crisis-fighting measures have spawned new, murkier forms of protection which discriminate against foreign firms, workers and investors in often in subtle ways.…

What world leaders should do to halt the spread of protectionism

Richard Baldwin and Simon J. Evenett (eds.)

4 Dec 2008

When incomes, investment and jobs are under threat, national governments try to cushion the blow - sometimes by erecting new trade barriers. The current crisis is no exception. According to the latest data from the WTO and ITC, the number of antidumping cases jumped 40% in the first half of 2008, and many nations have already raised tariffs this year.…