This book analyzes key elements of the trade performance of Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa (the BRIICS) in relation to the rest of the world, focusing on trade and other policies influencing that performance. Developments in global trade policy are reviewed, notably the impact of preferential trade agreements on the multilateral system, and patterns of world trade are described using both indices that reveal networks of trading relations and more standard modeling results. As well as the global analysis, the book also presents a separate chapter for each of the BRIICS, examining the key development and trade issues in each of the six countries over the past few years.--Publisher's description.
Introduction / by Raed Safadi and Ralph Lattimore -- The international economic order and trade architecture / by Javier Reyes, Martina Garcia and Ralph Lattimore -- The bilateral trade performance of the BRIICS / by Przemyslaw Kowalski -- Globalisation : multinationals the BRIICS / by Philip McCann -- Globalisation and the political economy of trade liberalisation in the BRIICS / by Razeen Sally -- Storm in a spaghetti bowl : FTAs and the BRIICS / by Kozo Kiyota, Margit Molnar and Robert M. Stern -- Brazil / by Ralph Lattimore and Przemyslaw Kowalski -- Russia / by David G. Tarr -- India / by Przemyslaw Kowalski, Nora Dihel and Matina Garcia -- Indonesia / by Margit Molnar and Molly Lesher -- China / by Malory Greene, Charles Tsai and Ralph Lattimore -- South Africa / by Przemyslaw Kowalski, Ralph Lattimore and Novella Bottini.