Former RIETI Consulting Fellow Kenichi Kawasaki received the Alan A. Powell Award in June 2005 for his achievements in GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) activities. RIETI recently spoke with Dr.

This study investigated the effects of tariff liberalization on the global forest sector by using a computable general equilibrium model, based on the standard Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) ...

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms through which import tariffs impact the macroeconomy in two large scale workhorse ...

Trump has a new idea about the economy. The usual suspects hate it. Sixteen Nobel economists said in a letter recently that his policies would lead to higher inflation. Joseph Stiglitz signed that ...

Donald Trump says his tariffs on steel and aluminumn will bring back jobs to the United States. A consulting outfit called The Trade Partnership says he’s right—but only at the cost of losing jobs in ...

The government on Wednesday claimed a drastic 52% cut in import duties will lead to exports rising faster than imports, while revenues will grow by one-tenth. However, it admitted these projections ...

The USMCA is a globally significant trade grouping. Mutual trade among its three members – the US, Mexico, and Canada – was worth around $1.5 trillion in 2023, or about 8% of world imports. As a ...