{"id":733,"title":"How to Visualize (the Development of) Global Trade Cooperation?","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/globalization\/visualize-development-global-trade-cooperation\/","date":"12. November 2014","date_unix":1415792745,"date_modified_unix":1690538842,"date_iso":"2014-11-12T11:45:45+00:00","content":"<div id=\"c2555\" class=\"csc-layout-0 csc-frame-0\">\n<div class=\"cbox\">\n<p>For those of us using and studying data every day, the opportunity to make something visually beautiful with numbers is enticing and rewarding. It\u2019s even better to be recognized for it. So we&#8217;re happy to have been short-listed for the\u00a0Kantar Information Is Beautiful Awards, which recognizes excellence and beauty in data visualizations,\u2009infographics\u2009and\u2009information art.<\/p>\n<p>Held in London each year, the 2014 Kantar awards will be announced on November 12th at what we&#8217;ve been promised will be\u00a0a glitzy party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/IIB-awards-shortlist.png\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-735 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/IIB-awards-shortlist.png\" alt=\"Picture showing IIB Awards Shortlist badge\" width=\"223\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"c2553\" class=\"csc-layout-0 csc-frame-0\">\n<div class=\"cbox\">\n<h2>Our Entry<\/h2>\n<p>Our entry on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationisbeautifulawards.com\/news\/46-drum-roll-please-the-2014-short-list\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evolution of Trade Agreements<\/a>\u00a0looks at the over 700 trade agreements passed globally from 1948 until 2009. The interactive visualization reveals the global evolution of trade agreements over 60 years and highlights the increase in the number of agreements and country connections over time. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ftavis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ftavis.com<\/a>\u00a0tool used to create this graphic also allowed us to use color to visualize the sharp rise in average depth of commitments since the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large.png\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-736\" src=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large.png\" alt=\"Chart visualising the Evolution of Trade Agreements\" width=\"2482\" height=\"1564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large.png 2482w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large-1536x968.png 1536w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large-1024x645.png 1024w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large-600x378.png 600w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2014\/12\/large-2048x1291.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2482px) 100vw, 2482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"c2565\" class=\"csc-layout-0 csc-frame-0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"c2567\" class=\"csc-layout-0 csc-frame-0\">\n<div class=\"cbox\">\n<p>Try the beta of the interactive tool yourself at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ftavis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ftavis.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Grouped by continents, intra-continental agreements appear outside of the disc, while the inside shows inter-continental agreements. (The underlying dataset (D\u00fcr et al., 2014) comprises 587 preferential trade agreements, among them customs unions and free trade agreements.)<\/p>\n<p>Data can be sorted by trade agreement to show the depth of each agreement (an index of 7 key provisions that can be part of a PTA (e.g., provision on services or provision on competition) to help revisit the question of &#8222;to what extent PTA\u2019s impact trade flows&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>By enabling researchers and interested parties the ability to look at trade agreement individually or in subsets by depth, we can add to the body of knowledge of economic trends, as well as the connections linking one trend to another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","excerpt":"<p>For those of us using and studying data every day, the opportunity to make something visually beautiful with numbers is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","thumbnail":null,"thumbnailsquare":null,"authors":[{"id":422,"name":"Ulrich Schoof","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/blogger\/dr-ulrich-schoof\/"}],"categories":[{"id":152,"name":"Globalization","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/category\/globalization\/"}],"tags":[{"id":213,"name":"trade","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/trade\/"}]}