Balance of trade
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Research problems linked to this topic
- What is best practice in developing the international classifications underpinning trade measurement – including product codes for goods, classifications for services and their relationship to sectors?
- To what extent does the UK public understand trade policy and global trade patterns? What are their main sources of information?
- What is the relationship between easing and removing foreign investment restrictions and export performance bilaterally?
- What impact do restrictions on data flows and data localisation requirements have on trade?
- How can we best evaluate the impact of DIT’s campaigns and events on businesses?
- How do non-UK businesses and publics perceive the UK as a trade and/or investment partner?
- What impact do regulatory barriers have on trade in services?
- How do the public view the trade-offs that trade agreements bring, in relation to consumer choice, prices and employment by sector? How do these perceptions vary by partner country?
- How can we best characterise the attitudes and behaviours of UK exporters, to inform our understanding of the internationalisation process for SMEs?
- What is the relative value of light touch, digital or automated support services in foreign investment support versus intensive face-to-face services?
- What factors affect public perceptions of trade and how does this differ by specific groups, sectors and regions?
- How can we effectively measure levels of ‘servitisation’ and ‘servicification’? [footnote 1]
- How do UK businesses compare with non-UK businesses in their use of trade finance and credit insurance?
- How can insights from behavioural economics and nudge theory inform business engagement with DIT products and services?
- What is the UK’s long-term requirement for natural resources from global markets? Which resources are exposed to production/supply risks owing to geopolitical, macro-economic, pandemic, or environment factors and what are the likely impacts of change to the UK economy?
- How can barriers to foreign investment (including business procedures) be most effectively identified and addressed?
- How can we best evaluate how businesses receive DIT’s communications, in terms of awareness, appeal and clarity?
- How are changes in technology impacting the tradability of different services, the cost of trade in services and the ways in which services are traded?
- How are perceptions of international trade affected by the inclusion of sustainability and welfare provisions in trade agreements?
- How can the categorisation and measurement of trade in services by the modes of supply be developed and optimised?
- What impact have technological and geopolitical changes had on global investment trends and has this altered investor sentiment?
- How can comparative advantage inform future trade and investment interests across regions and sectors? What are the limits of comparative advantage here?
- How can restrictions on trade in services be effectively measured across sectors, given data limitations?
- To what extent do business strategies include exporting as a means of achieving business growth? How does this vary by business characteristics?
- To what extent do barriers to goods trade affect services trade and vice versa?
- What are implications of advances in communications technologies for trade in services?
- How can the Trade in Value Added (TiVA) dataset inform our understanding about regional or global supply chains, including re-manufactured goods?
- Using regional and local studies, what is the impact of export finance services on localised markets? How does export finance services support regional growth and development?
- How do the public’s attitudes towards globalisation vary, and what drives these differences?
- What is international best practice to define and measure trade in services? This may include digital trade, e-commerce and cross-border data flows.
- How can shipping and freight data be used to complement our understanding of the Rotterdam effect and trade flows international hubs?