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Trade liberalisation - the opening up of markets through reduction of trade barriers - is one of a set of trade policies that aspire to achieve sustainable improvement in living standards across society. Read more...
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24-Jan-2012
Innovation is critical to creating new sources of growth, and trade can strengthen innovation in the business sector. Technology diffusion, competition and exports are channels through which trade affects innovation. These channels, along with the related policy issues of absorptive capacity, trade liberalisation and the protection of intellectual property rights, are discussed in this report.
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19-Oct-2011
Imports tend to bring wages up for skilled workers rather than push wages down, according to this study of the relationship between wages and trade in 55 countries and 40 industries. This positive effect is evidence of the increased productivity of firms who import inputs.
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