Table 5 Detailed data sources for trade and investment policies, liberalization, and flows
Topic | Measure | International data sources |
|---|---|---|
Policy | Treaty membership | • WTO membership database • UNCTAD International Investment Agreements Navigator |
Depth of commitments in specific agreements | • Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) project • Mapping BITs | |
Presence and outcome of trade or investment disputes | • WTO Dispute Settlement Gateway • UNCTAD Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator | |
Liberalization | Product-specific tariff rates | • UNCTAD TRAINS database • WTO Tariff Download Facility |
Non-tariff measures | • UNCTAD TRAINS database • USDA Foreign Agricultural Service reports • UNCTAD International Investment Agreements Navigator | |
Flows | FDI, by sector & industry | • International Trade Center database • UNCTADstat (by request) |
Product-specific imports & exports | • UN Commodity Trade Statistics (UN Comtrade) • World Bank World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) • FAO Food and Commodity Balance Sheets • Index Mundi • USDA Foreign Agricultural Service | |
Retail sales | • Euromonitor Global Market Information Database |