Trade policy uncertainty matters! Our paper on Brexit uncertainty is featured on the NBER today. nber.org/papers/w28053. The increased probability of Brexit in 2016-18 lowered services exports by at least 20 log points. See also voxeu.org/article/brexit….

Big update of the International Trade and Production Database, ITPD-E, is now available on gravity.usitc.gov! Nearly double the observations, coverage for 1986-2019, 170 industries in all broad sectors, and 265 countries. Big thanks to the team Yoto V. Yotov, Larch, Borchert!

Multinational Revenue, Employment, and Investment Database (MREID) by Ahmad, Bergstrand, Paniagua, and Wickramarachi is NEW on gravity.usitc.gov. It has bilateral data on multinational production for 25 industries in all broad sectors, 185 countries, and year 2010-2021.