{"title":"Trade, Connectivity and Global Value Chains","authors":"Brendan Vickers, J. Keane, Amitendu Palit","doi":"10.14217/7d5fb830-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14217/7d5fb830-en","url":null,"abstract":"This issue of the Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics provides a brief overview of some of these linkages between trade, connectivity and GVCs. It analyses how the Commonwealth is positioned in GVCs and the major shifts over time, with a specific focus on the Asia-Pacific region. It then examines the Commonwealth's performance in two critical areas for deepening participation in world trade, as well as GVCs – namely, maritime transport and logistics, and digital connectivity. Attention is also given to the possible contribution of mega-connectivity projects like the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Asia–Africa Growth Corridor.","PeriodicalId":326550,"journal":{"name":"Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128016896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}