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Economies(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted global trade, posing challenges for regional trade agreements such as the Pacific Alliance, comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
Edinson Delgado-Martínez
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.TESCLA (tubular electromagnetic soft conformal linear actuator) combines liquid‐metal solenoids and compliant magnetic composites to achieve large‐stroke bidirectional actuation with continuous bending. Integrated inductance‐based self‐sensing enables proprioceptive position estimation without external sensors, providing a versatile platform for soft ...
Yeongjin Choi +3 more
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Fast Hydrogel Micro‐Actuators Driven by Electric Fields
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We report the fabrication of chemically programmable electroactuating microstructures through the first integration of two‐photon polymerization with electrically actuated gelatin methacrylate‐based hydrogels. By tailoring the charge of the polymer network, we demonstrate programmable polarity‐dependent bending, enabling microstructures that ...
Annaël Sort‐Montenegro +6 more
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China's New Regional Trade Agreements [PDF]
This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the WTO in 2002. Agreements are in place with Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand, and are either in negotiation or under ...
Antkiewicz, Agata, Whalley, John
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study presents the first demonstration of stable sub‐50‐micron single‐cell GPM vesicles fabricated through the intrinsic self‐assembly of an amphiphilic copolymer. Hierarchical assembly of cell containing GPM vesicles into microspheres enable tunable, sustained cell delivery with immune protection.
Viola B. Morris +11 more
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Environmental Provisions in Recent Regional Trade Agreements (2008 & 2009) [PDF]
Despite a failure to achieve closure on the Doha Round of WTO negotiations, regional and bilateral trade agreements involving a variety of countries have continued to be negotiated, signed and implemented.
Colyer, Dale
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.All‐optical, photoswitchable diode‐type device for tunable nonreciprocal (asymmetric) transmission of CPL across a broad spectrum of light is demonstrated using molecular motor (photoswitch)‐doped cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) sandwiched between polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polydopamine (PDA)‐PVA composite layers.
Chaoguang Ye +11 more
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Economic costs and payoffs of bilateral/regional trade agreements [PDF]
The rapid increase in the number of bilateral and regional free-trade agreements since 1995 is a striking development. The proliferation of these agreements has raised questions among academicians and policymakers about whether they have, in fact, opened
Hallahan, Charles B. +1 more
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Uncertainty, Deep Regional Trade Agreements, and Global Value Chain Trade
East Asian Economic ReviewThis study explores the role of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in mitigating the negative effects of uncertainty on trade, focusing on their depth and differential impacts on global value chain (GVC) and traditional trade.
Soonchan Park
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A flexible piezoresistive pressure sensor with gradient toroidal CNT/PDMS microstructures is reported. The hierarchical geometry enables sequential electrode contact, achieving a sensitivity of 256.20 kPa−1 and linear response (R2 = 0.99) over 0–1000 kPa.
Rongmei Wang +8 more
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