RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
World Trade Report 2008
Trade in a Globalizing World
The World Trade Report is an annual publication that aims to deepen understanding about trends in trade, trade policy issues and the multilateral trading system.
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The theme of this year's Report is “Trade in a Globalizing World”. The
Report provides a reminder of what we know about the gains from
international trade and highlights the challenges arising from higher
levels of integration. It addresses a range of interlinking questions,
starting with a consideration of what constitutes globalization, what
drives it, what benefits does it bring, what challenges does it pose and
what role does trade play in this world of ever-growing
inter-dependency.
The Report asks why some countries have managed to take advantage of
falling trade costs and greater policy-driven trading opportunities
while others have remained largely outside international commercial
relations. It also considers who the winners and losers are from trade
and what complementary action is needed from policy-makers to secure the
benefits of trade for society at large. In examining these complex and
multi-faceted questions, the Report reviews both the theoretical gains
from trade and empirical evidence that can help to answer these
questions.
> Complete report (204 pages; 2246KB)
> DG Foreword (2 pages; 102KB)
> Contents and abbreviations (6 pages; 112KB)
> Acknowledgements and disclaimer (2 pages; 90KB)
> Executive Summary (14 pages; 299KB)
I- The trade situation in 2007
> A. Introduction (2 pages; 108KB)
> B. Real merchandise trade and output developments (10 pages; 198B)
II- Trade in a globalizing world
> A. Introduction (1 page; 90KB)
> B. Globalization and trade (12 pages; 207KB)
> C. The causes of trade (54 pages; 699KB)
> D. Trade, the location of production and the industrial organization of firms (42 pages; 530KB)
> E. Distributional consequences of trade (24 pages; 372KB)
> F. Policy implications of global integration and the WTO (16 pages; 264KB)
> Bibliography (12 pages; 263KB)
> Technical notes (4 pages; 101KB)
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