This new eBook argues that least developed countries were hard hit by these barriers. Drawing on Global Trade Alert data, it argues that these barriers reduced these nations’ exports by 30% during the period 2009 to 2013 – over a quarter of a trillion US dollars in total.

Find an elaborated summary for voxEU at http://www.voxeu.org/article/crisis-era-trade-distortions-cut-ldc-export-growth-55-year

Release date: 17 June 2015