Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth

Simon Evenett, Johannes Fritz 16 June 2015

The Global Crisis resulted in many trade barriers and distortions. 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.

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Preface by the Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, Sweden

1 Introduction

2 LDC export performance since 2000

3 Crisis-era trade policy developments affecting LDC commercial interests

4 The effect of foreign commercial policy changes on LDC exports during the crisis era

5 Implications for policymakers

6 Concluding remarks

Simon Evenett

Professor of International Trade, University of St. Gallen; Research Fellow, CEPR

Johannes Fritz

CEO, St Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade

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