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Measuring Geopolitical Fragmentation: Implications for Trade, Financial Flows, and Economic Policy

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Figure 1: IPD measures for selected country pairs.

LEFT: IPD based on all votes 1946-2023


Year Geopol. Distance: U.K. - U.S. Geopol. Distance: China - U.S. Geopol. Distance: Germany - U.K. Geopol. Distance: China - U.K. Geopol. Distance: China - Germany
2001 0.971312 3.2592847 0.456424 2.2879727 1.8315487
2002 0.942115 3.2878914 0.586538 2.3457764 1.7592384
2003 1.163225 3.8649978 0.460034 2.7017728 2.2417388
2004 1.236893 3.6633617 0.531473 2.4264687 1.8949957
2005 1.221997 3.6590614 0.668007 2.4370644 1.7690574
2006 1.307597 3.700165 0.518002 2.392568 1.874566
2007 1.077907 3.371459 0.7334164 2.293552 1.5601356
2008 1.142022 3.3942981 0.7035656 2.2522761 1.5487105
2009 1.05406 3.1923993 0.386195 2.1383393 1.7521443
2010 0.835992 3.4024637 0.656943 2.5664717 1.9095287
2011 0.938334 3.2312465 0.5621767 2.2929125 1.7307358
2012 1.027725 3.4561845 0.6024089 2.4284595 1.8260506
2013 1.001365 3.2010807 0.515903 2.1997157 1.6838127
2014 0.966857 3.5282975 0.445278 2.5614405 2.1161625
2015 0.870119 2.8190353 0.481107 1.9489163 1.4678093
2016 0.816961 3.0355328 0.501569 2.2185718 1.7170028
2017 0.973755 3.0572586 0.472392 2.0835036 1.6111116
2018 1.095724 3.2937284 0.443593 2.1980044 1.7544114
2019 0.986695 3.0452124 0.486586 2.0585174 1.5719314
2020 1.295715 3.7576933 0.426473 2.4619783 2.0355053
2021 0.784164 3.3117033 0.816049 2.5275393 1.7114903
2022 0.700931 4.084741 0.537225 3.38381 2.846585
2023 0.52318 3.928369 0.794143 3.405189 2.611046

MIDDLE: IPD based on economic votes 1971-2023


Year Geopol. Distance: U.K. - U.S. Geopol. Distance: China - U.S. Geopol. Distance: Germany - U.K. Geopol. Distance: China - U.K. Geopol. Distance: China - Germany
2001 1.591735 4.953214 0.493215 3.361479 2.868264
2002 1.489841 4.164686 0.774591 2.674845 1.900254
2003 2.118836 4.3438267 0.402585 2.2249907 1.8224057
2004 2.201779 4.4603341 0.655613 2.2585551 1.6029421
2005 2.219125 4.6084933 0.710942 2.3893683 1.6784263
2006 2.034449 4.6119665 0.811319 2.5775175 1.7661985
2007 2.015828 4.5097962 0.634398 2.4939682 1.8595702
2008 2.164871 4.7895801 0.72977 2.6247091 1.8949391
2009 1.344116 4.2382788 0.470576 2.8941628 2.4235868
2010 1.189442 4.156035 0.528796 2.966593 2.437797
2011 1.253381 4.1582901 0.809022 2.9049091 2.0958871
2012 1.17318 4.1977533 0.8442 3.0245733 2.1803733
2013 1.136221 4.0579722 0.916154 2.9217512 2.0055972
2014 1.136227 3.9308632 0.525908 2.7946362 2.2687282
2015 1.022055 3.9671181 0.798218 2.9450631 2.1468451
2016 0.741118 4.110209 0.837955 3.369091 2.531136
2017 1.241751 4.246223 0.327555 3.004472 2.676917
2018 1.029388 4.354458 0.302031 3.32507 3.023039
2019 0.372922 2.5287075 0.72237 2.1557855 1.4334155
2020 0.398055 2.43310397 0.691194 2.03504897 1.34385497
2021 0.158305 2.10365203 0.6808 1.94534703 1.26454703
2022 0.150151 2.2163982 0.604044 2.0662472 1.4622032
2023 0.211484 2.08235145 0.626226 1.87086745 1.24464145

RIGHT: IPD based on all votes 1991-2023


Year Geopol. Distance: U.K. - U.S. Geopol. Distance: China - U.S. Geopol. Distance: Germany - U.K. Geopol. Distance: China - U.K. Geopol. Distance: China - Germany
2001 1.024229 3.5807175 0.513971 2.5564885 2.0425175
2002 0.989208 3.5930719 0.656077 2.6038639 1.9477869
2003 1.273389 4.2195822 0.494234 2.9461932 2.4519592
2004 1.329472 4.0375393 0.579222 2.7080673 2.1288453
2005 1.299565 4.0226293 0.737679 2.7230643 1.9853853
2006 1.372752 4.0501056 0.585067 2.6773536 2.0922866
2007 1.155619 3.7142944 0.813343 2.5586754 1.7453324
2008 1.211086 3.7303698 0.785591 2.5192838 1.7336928
2009 1.094655 3.4868325 0.441703 2.3921775 1.9504745
2010 0.869092 3.7076582 0.746265 2.8385662 2.0923012
2011 1.012112 3.5366663 0.610649 2.5245543 1.9139053
2012 1.067137 3.7645546 0.646427 2.6974176 2.0509906
2013 1.04967 3.5130043 0.586066 2.4633343 1.8772683
2014 1.026434 3.8153161 0.482317 2.7888821 2.3065651
2015 0.932671 3.0987075 0.530714 2.1660365 1.6353225
2016 0.830453 3.2806635 0.554538 2.4502105 1.8956725
2017 1.013666 3.3075854 0.528057 2.2939194 1.7658624
2018 1.108322 3.5337651 0.536273 2.4254431 1.8891701
2019 1.027427 3.2905425 0.528457 2.2631155 1.7346585
2020 1.327281 4.0017648 0.49225 2.6744838 2.1822338
2021 0.806218 3.5462003 0.894324 2.7399823 1.8456583
2022 0.698241 4.349879 0.570126 3.651638 3.081512
2023 0.503698 4.216439 0.878693 3.712741 2.834048

Note: The figure presents our three main IPD measures over time for a selected group of country pairs. For each year, bilateral distance (IPD) is computed as the absolute value of the difference of ideal points between the two countries. (a) presents the IPDs estimated using UNGA voting data from 1946-2023 across all vote categories. (b) presents the Economics IPD, which narrows the focus to economic votes while maintaining historical coverage from 1971 onwards. (c) shortens the historical window used in the IPD estimation to begin after the Cold War (1990–2023) while maintaining all vote categories.
Source: Bailey et al.(2017)

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Figure 2: Comparison of IPD measures.

LEFT: 2021 All Vote IPDs and 2023 All Vote IPDs


Country 2023 All Votes 2021 All Votes
Afghanistan -0.73777163 -0.766415732
Angola -0.779712547 -0.821726454
Albania 0.238471742 -0.02529656
Andorra 0.056787588 -0.370967804
United Arab Emirates -0.839625453 -0.811333706
Argentina -0.462440142 -0.893387249
Armenia -0.453442668 -0.716353654
Antigua and Barbuda -0.73668828 -0.872436097
Australia 0.302498314 0.180631308
Austria 0.143523941 -0.309820478
Azerbaijan -0.823285083 -0.732112003
Burundi -0.876854575 -0.814779941
Belgium 0.198364512 -0.06026648
Benin -0.687152047 -0.853523089
Burkina Faso -0.800428269 -0.821556727
Bangladesh -0.783893163 -0.785371361
Bulgaria 0.243008485 -0.028211072
Bahrain -0.903959735 -0.843317873
Bahamas, The -0.548089602 -0.931595154
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.063855407 -0.347188681
Belarus -0.964101132 -0.989710393
Belize -0.656809073 -0.918896358
Bolivia -0.99260151 -0.617100446
Brazil -0.647559127 -0.742720195
Barbados -0.589086565 -0.972402895
Brunei Darussalam -0.935457183 -0.73593598
Bhutan -0.687961696 -0.956053732
Botswana -0.681841192 -0.948855053
Central African Republic -0.673405884 -0.847172071
Canada 0.39474474 0.109509599
Switzerland -0.031824302 -0.304392939
Chile -0.460197899 -0.955197073
China -1 -1
Cote d'Ivoire -0.527216919 -0.923474244
Cameroon -0.621242607 -0.844181029
Congo, Rep. -0.785032465 -0.818008353
Colombia -0.579805105 -0.857054525
Comoros -0.82658849 -0.699664294
Cabo Verde -0.545484042 -0.858705011
Costa Rica -0.505875746 -0.941704138
Cuba -0.884607408 -0.523217809
Cyprus 0.022008727 -0.357231006
Czechia 0.432331841 0.133531074
Germany 0.329328278 0.033601229
Djibouti -0.848368827 -0.835508841
Dominica -0.724009735 -0.847234403
Denmark 0.280877127 0.022321837
Dominican Republic -0.508771452 -0.950965233
Algeria -0.995495855 -0.694102121
Ecuador -0.546558024 -0.995420236
Egypt, Arab Rep. -0.994820242 -0.680368982
Eritrea -0.951883513 -0.660092293
Spain 0.177582859 -0.153267565
Estonia 0.290339069 0.045586602
Ethiopia -0.759751846 -0.798622393
Finland 0.232393393 -0.170856097
Fiji -0.432779207 -0.999609023
France 0.465788474 0.281262304
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.494910483 0.346527209
Gabon -0.728972151 -0.985376528
United Kingdom 0.733640093 0.52642859
Georgia 0.099402322 -0.254145684
Ghana -0.761350168 -0.869142952
Guinea -0.737549604 -0.850958703
Gambia, The -0.747893693 -0.833761216
Guinea-Bissau -0.831195593 -0.856088106
Equatorial Guinea -0.882981105 -0.718091145
Greece 0.135535384 -0.170976277
Grenada -0.718637175 -0.820029291
Guatemala -0.392752127 -0.864013844
Guyana -0.584364962 -0.990343459
Honduras -0.573521021 -0.846467285
Croatia 0.33069424 0.022272315
Haiti -0.583620989 -0.88051031
Hungary 0.405241717 0.036952374
Indonesia -0.925872035 -0.700053568
India -0.689996128 -0.886630665
Ireland 0.042263341 -0.356064174
Iran, Islamic Rep. -0.721446982 -0.478293184
Iraq -0.912716703 -0.741140115
Iceland 0.135225331 -0.120220522
Israel 0.860231562 0.847086543
Italy 0.289840135 -0.036960648
Jamaica -0.594477606 -0.921527569
Jordan -0.865211491 -0.806750107
Japan 0.025080027 -0.322188977
Kazakhstan -0.755134255 -0.85244603
Kenya -0.735702171 -0.94939506
Kyrgyz Republic -0.777622418 -0.752754431
Cambodia -0.764431142 -0.635073804
Kiribati -0.45573789 -0.981890225
St. Kitts and Nevis -0.717018895 -0.840700884
Korea, Rep. 0.110854912 -0.143441201
Kuwait -0.848661315 -0.801336886
Lao PDR -0.922523775 -0.735090885
Lebanon -0.950097865 -0.760701091
Liberia -0.009501042 -0.631063689
Libya -0.883078754 -0.773483656
St. Lucia -0.730593027 -0.876686539
Liechtenstein 0.028938677 -0.374958439
Sri Lanka -0.907267316 -0.68877721
Lesotho -0.791096509 -0.952409866
Lithuania 0.366841048 0.055897308
Luxembourg 0.217755766 -0.033585346
Latvia 0.286787977 0.038071436
Morocco -0.696306431 -0.883156465
Monaco 0.251909889 -0.030290968
Moldova 0.070791568 -0.352216849
Madagascar -0.777107293 -0.961938015
Maldives -0.775682122 -0.900228853
Mexico -0.454372407 -0.884339397
Marshall Islands 0.118929001 -0.231785831
North Macedonia 0.137295911 -0.071852059
Mali -0.910156352 -0.762182111
Malta 0.049657097 -0.345805707
Myanmar -0.547381674 -0.884045922
Montenegro 0.202988823 -0.051341163
Mongolia -0.806912742 -0.811142575
Mozambique -0.749777681 -0.832195634
Mauritania -0.895133833 -0.792513261
Mauritius -0.682229648 -0.793466773
Malawi -0.492889746 -0.96972881
Malaysia -0.843529923 -0.777219756
Namibia -0.827115172 -0.851144603
Niger -0.854395552 -0.844117798
Nigeria -0.872870598 -0.822546556
Nicaragua -0.726170382 -0.534008169
Netherlands 0.229164063 -0.014787768
Norway 0.081175623 -0.061706826
Nepal -0.737948192 -0.818981948
Nauru -0.28213597 -0.680654061
New Zealand 0.046513146 -0.357523967
Oman -0.982229775 -0.708954913
Pakistan -0.768929854 -0.870020361
Panama -0.481812936 -0.901491115
Peru -0.554259439 -0.976967924
Philippines -0.744767765 -0.937367592
Palau -0.11231506 -0.589448487
Papua New Guinea -0.308262386 -0.856875403
Poland 0.289980142 0.033061929
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. -0.987721025 -0.982258314
Portugal 0.19091511 -0.118667243
Paraguay -0.517094041 -0.971000148
Qatar -0.81750304 -0.776301631
Romania 0.31254625 -0.029484133
Russian Federation -0.908976932 -0.743782802
Rwanda -0.702799712 -0.93398074
Saudi Arabia -0.917218164 -0.958761735
Sudan -0.927133404 -0.682469596
Senegal -0.79003729 -0.843788135
Singapore -0.665092205 -0.920025303
Solomon Islands -0.658799466 -0.967736141
Sierra Leone -0.643204139 -0.809874551
El Salvador -0.589872438 -0.871290543
San Marino 0.051333314 -0.363852372
Somalia -0.847953031 -0.805141195
Serbia NA NA
South Sudan -0.270958558 -0.991276702
Sao Tome and Principe -0.844737091 -0.921387991
Suriname -0.567747174 -0.894584612
Slovak Republic 0.298313371 0.041942556
Slovenia 0.171017285 0.005356549
Sweden 0.258893449 -0.242057343
Eswatini -0.686753816 -0.846106907
Seychelles -0.536104169 -0.894628933
Syrian Arab Republic -0.618950263 -0.457199422
Chad -0.730550261 -0.824000103
Togo -0.69729086 -0.886526791
Thailand -0.65822172 -0.957022876
Tajikistan -0.861997485 -0.820283835
Turkmenistan -0.916507742 -0.731789002
Timor-Leste -0.544934603 -0.950927023
Tonga -0.451267047 -0.736019039
Trinidad and Tobago -0.750180138 -0.87397553
Tunisia -0.815788079 -0.815402286
Turkiye -0.164503946 -0.33248833
Tuvalu -0.46825199 -0.910482802
Tanzania -0.69014535 -0.861846083
Uganda -0.865869881 -0.745865263
Ukraine 0.42094849 0.030009723
Uruguay -0.448007048 -0.913309021
United States 1 1
Uzbekistan -0.90668845 -0.80119327
St. Vincent and the Grenadines -0.7046167 -0.867520434
Venezuela, RB NA -0.504724435
Viet Nam -0.815726578 -0.759412624
Vanuatu -0.500978243 -0.928307648
Samoa -0.42699923 -0.867218721
Yemen, Rep. -0.740308001 -0.811095731
South Africa -0.807179926 -0.924333561
Zambia -0.593845792 -0.984614262
Zimbabwe -0.796172203 -0.790545834
Congo, Dem. Rep. -0.472332818 NA

Note: IPDs are estimated from all UN Votes 1946-2023.
Source: Bailey et al.(2017)

MIDDLE: 2021 IPDs for All Votes and Economic Votes


Country 2021 Economic Votes 2021 All Votes
Afghanistan -0.576775751 -0.766415732
Angola -0.582851126 -0.821726454
Albania 0.221315134 -0.02529656
Andorra -0.620450793 -0.370967804
United Arab Emirates -0.583028462 -0.811333706
Argentina -0.905586699 -0.893387249
Armenia -0.657547517 -0.716353654
Antigua and Barbuda -0.605720818 -0.872436097
Australia 0.369368136 0.180631308
Austria -0.617423486 -0.309820478
Azerbaijan -0.579686755 -0.732112003
Burundi -0.533726094 -0.814779941
Belgium 0.027041559 -0.06026648
Benin NA -0.853523089
Burkina Faso -0.593169039 -0.821556727
Bangladesh -0.594869479 -0.785371361
Bulgaria 0.136495022 -0.028211072
Bahrain -0.592073728 -0.843317873
Bahamas, The -0.615770094 -0.931595154
Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.235710927 -0.347188681
Belarus -0.997794206 -0.989710393
Belize -0.617977037 -0.918896358
Bolivia -0.442174641 -0.617100446
Brazil -0.92964693 -0.742720195
Barbados -0.609119708 -0.972402895
Brunei Darussalam -0.598657127 -0.73593598
Bhutan -0.59393214 -0.956053732
Botswana -0.610496404 -0.948855053
Central African Republic -0.667313805 -0.847172071
Canada 0.046187311 0.109509599
Switzerland -0.48702597 -0.304392939
Chile -0.614207381 -0.955197073
China -1 -1
Cote d'Ivoire -0.873273491 -0.923474244
Cameroon -0.78926739 -0.844181029
Congo, Rep. -0.581891691 -0.818008353
Colombia -0.602306289 -0.857054525
Comoros -0.55221768 -0.699664294
Cabo Verde -0.597143617 -0.858705011
Costa Rica -0.610599924 -0.941704138
Cuba -0.433200876 -0.523217809
Cyprus -0.537454272 -0.357231006
Czechia 0.381752314 0.133531074
Germany 0.202239735 0.033601229
Djibouti -0.677285686 -0.835508841
Dominica -0.62988788 -0.847234403
Denmark 0.200457121 0.022321837
Dominican Republic -0.599932368 -0.950965233
Algeria -0.492645198 -0.694102121
Ecuador -0.78630628 -0.995420236
Egypt, Arab Rep. -0.451046121 -0.680368982
Eritrea -0.542557565 -0.660092293
Spain -0.029830965 -0.153267565
Estonia 0.389218378 0.045586602
Ethiopia -0.635883807 -0.798622393
Finland -0.281348323 -0.170856097
Fiji -0.612898653 -0.999609023
France 0.562515099 0.281262304
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.442301301 0.346527209
Gabon -0.934720547 -0.985376528
United Kingdom 0.849495071 0.52642859
Georgia -0.252334684 -0.254145684
Ghana -0.595015022 -0.869142952
Guinea -0.595157606 -0.850958703
Gambia, The -0.590360448 -0.833761216
Guinea-Bissau -0.587959726 -0.856088106
Equatorial Guinea -0.639940683 -0.718091145
Greece -0.123539429 -0.170976277
Grenada -0.598125887 -0.820029291
Guatemala -0.61159478 -0.864013844
Guyana -0.837799838 -0.990343459
Honduras -0.600435424 -0.846467285
Croatia 0.199541571 0.022272315
Haiti -0.752052382 -0.88051031
Hungary 0.139775032 0.036952374
Indonesia -0.564332667 -0.700053568
India -0.857771601 -0.886630665
Ireland -0.546374759 -0.356064174
Iran, Islamic Rep. -0.385731168 -0.478293184
Iraq -0.598104085 -0.741140115
Iceland 0.005934456 -0.120220522
Israel 0.960383182 0.847086543
Italy 0.028326942 -0.036960648
Jamaica -0.601558445 -0.921527569
Jordan -0.588507559 -0.806750107
Japan -0.389731742 -0.322188977
Kazakhstan -0.541762713 -0.85244603
Kenya -0.756934382 -0.94939506
Kyrgyz Republic -0.771579485 -0.752754431
Cambodia -0.471195652 -0.635073804
Kiribati -0.591163645 -0.981890225
St. Kitts and Nevis -0.590388548 -0.840700884
Korea, Rep. 0.129328437 -0.143441201
Kuwait -0.562602215 -0.801336886
Lao PDR -0.57628524 -0.735090885
Lebanon -0.514660903 -0.760701091
Liberia -0.653378419 -0.631063689
Libya -0.607713427 -0.773483656
St. Lucia -0.604102861 -0.876686539
Liechtenstein -0.62106097 -0.374958439
Sri Lanka -0.592705064 -0.68877721
Lesotho -0.805985036 -0.952409866
Lithuania 0.375275007 0.055897308
Luxembourg 0.212680626 -0.033585346
Latvia 0.352742763 0.038071436
Morocco -0.571660703 -0.883156465
Monaco 0.192122093 -0.030290968
Moldova -0.534956901 -0.352216849
Madagascar -0.564380026 -0.961938015
Maldives -0.586784904 -0.900228853
Mexico -0.614253508 -0.884339397
Marshall Islands -0.525332495 -0.231785831
North Macedonia -0.001057195 -0.071852059
Mali -0.670171691 -0.762182111
Malta -0.53749734 -0.345805707
Myanmar -0.555745133 -0.884045922
Montenegro 0.146111631 -0.051341163
Mongolia -0.532740399 -0.811142575
Mozambique -0.598154901 -0.832195634
Mauritania -0.570817389 -0.792513261
Mauritius -0.609741704 -0.793466773
Malawi -0.597065722 -0.96972881
Malaysia -0.591315126 -0.777219756
Namibia -0.605850258 -0.851144603
Niger -0.596327784 -0.844117798
Nigeria -0.603786912 -0.822546556
Nicaragua -0.406083622 -0.534008169
Netherlands 0.203701004 -0.014787768
Norway 0.152219105 -0.061706826
Nepal -0.605688554 -0.818981948
Nauru -0.586008115 -0.680654061
New Zealand -0.47019562 -0.357523967
Oman -0.563241836 -0.708954913
Pakistan -0.833013894 -0.870020361
Panama -0.7348877 -0.901491115
Peru -0.615681066 -0.976967924
Philippines -0.8429694 -0.937367592
Palau -0.97663791 -0.589448487
Papua New Guinea -0.820519523 -0.856875403
Poland 0.363696096 0.033061929
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. -0.787093752 -0.982258314
Portugal -0.039379122 -0.118667243
Paraguay -0.609040492 -0.971000148
Qatar -0.572194289 -0.776301631
Romania 0.367506612 -0.029484133
Russian Federation -0.425862052 -0.743782802
Rwanda -0.56817433 -0.93398074
Saudi Arabia -0.879881577 -0.958761735
Sudan -0.520998304 -0.682469596
Senegal -0.595232881 -0.843788135
Singapore -0.797100399 -0.920025303
Solomon Islands -0.689087391 -0.967736141
Sierra Leone -0.608194594 -0.809874551
El Salvador -0.6004418 -0.871290543
San Marino -0.608807042 -0.363852372
Somalia -0.612420501 -0.805141195
Serbia NA NA
South Sudan -0.558323762 -0.991276702
Sao Tome and Principe -0.609640417 -0.921387991
Suriname -0.563200398 -0.894584612
Slovak Republic 0.141005274 0.041942556
Slovenia 0.139293964 0.005356549
Sweden -0.329789224 -0.242057343
Eswatini -0.626154119 -0.846106907
Seychelles -0.582330694 -0.894628933
Syrian Arab Republic -0.368427807 -0.457199422
Chad -0.608754554 -0.824000103
Togo -0.609653704 -0.886526791
Thailand -0.832658094 -0.957022876
Tajikistan -0.760620383 -0.820283835
Turkmenistan -0.568729407 -0.731789002
Timor-Leste -0.601141411 -0.950927023
Tonga -0.839487589 -0.736019039
Trinidad and Tobago -0.590033121 -0.87397553
Tunisia -0.506597122 -0.815402286
Turkiye -0.166842028 -0.33248833
Tuvalu -0.715789829 -0.910482802
Tanzania -0.588252842 -0.861846083
Uganda -0.50942252 -0.745865263
Ukraine -0.11483837 0.030009723
Uruguay -0.603840327 -0.913309021
United States 1 1
Uzbekistan -0.555597356 -0.80119327
St. Vincent and the Grenadines -0.604174725 -0.867520434
Venezuela, RB -0.406640636 -0.504724435
Viet Nam -0.595929381 -0.759412624
Vanuatu -0.60593116 -0.928307648
Samoa -0.992135838 -0.867218721
Yemen, Rep. -0.570484479 -0.811095731
South Africa -0.805455295 -0.924333561
Zambia -0.60619293 -0.984614262
Zimbabwe -0.599378916 -0.790545834
Congo, Dem. Rep. NA NA

Note: X-axis estimated with econ. votes from 1971 onward.Y-axis estimated with all votes from all sessions.
Source: Bailey et al.(2017)

RIGHT: 2021 IPDs for All Votes and Post 1990 Votes


Country 2021 All Votes subset 2021 All Votes
Afghanistan -0.780468916 -0.766415732
Angola -0.821341875 -0.821726454
Albania -0.006977525 -0.02529656
Andorra -0.363369012 -0.370967804
United Arab Emirates -0.806006766 -0.811333706
Argentina -0.890628005 -0.893387249
Armenia -0.709171589 -0.716353654
Antigua and Barbuda -0.879022326 -0.872436097
Australia 0.193057989 0.180631308
Austria -0.293318316 -0.309820478
Azerbaijan -0.728070332 -0.732112003
Burundi -0.805748324 -0.814779941
Belgium -0.050429667 -0.06026648
Benin -0.857164981 -0.853523089
Burkina Faso -0.822667496 -0.821556727
Bangladesh -0.776995889 -0.785371361
Bulgaria -0.013531018 -0.028211072
Bahrain -0.845076609 -0.843317873
Bahamas, The -0.939517213 -0.931595154
Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.331365123 -0.347188681
Belarus -0.999981219 -0.989710393
Belize -0.918649931 -0.918896358
Bolivia -0.617093048 -0.617100446
Brazil -0.738844588 -0.742720195
Barbados -0.969177629 -0.972402895
Brunei Darussalam -0.733693735 -0.73593598
Bhutan -0.958833124 -0.956053732
Botswana -0.948116772 -0.948855053
Central African Republic -0.863044938 -0.847172071
Canada 0.133889871 0.109509599
Switzerland -0.28588952 -0.304392939
Chile -0.943588296 -0.955197073
China -1 -1
Cote d'Ivoire -0.920488586 -0.923474244
Cameroon -0.839384656 -0.844181029
Congo, Rep. -0.822533048 -0.818008353
Colombia -0.85397284 -0.857054525
Comoros -0.699777155 -0.699664294
Cabo Verde -0.862474928 -0.858705011
Costa Rica -0.93504394 -0.941704138
Cuba -0.51551239 -0.523217809
Cyprus -0.346939371 -0.357231006
Czechia 0.151182182 0.133531074
Germany 0.040921631 0.033601229
Djibouti -0.824562612 -0.835508841
Dominica -0.852161789 -0.847234403
Denmark 0.043412184 0.022321837
Dominican Republic -0.950601549 -0.950965233
Algeria -0.697042417 -0.694102121
Ecuador -0.993276241 -0.995420236
Egypt, Arab Rep. -0.673837231 -0.680368982
Eritrea -0.65839954 -0.660092293
Spain -0.136517867 -0.153267565
Estonia 0.051732075 0.045586602
Ethiopia -0.793620542 -0.798622393
Finland -0.15761425 -0.170856097
Fiji -0.99456985 -0.999609023
France 0.309222889 0.281262304
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.35937516 0.346527209
Gabon -0.984398456 -0.985376528
United Kingdom 0.545306 0.52642859
Georgia -0.247370037 -0.254145684
Ghana -0.878397079 -0.869142952
Guinea -0.848790545 -0.850958703
Gambia, The -0.845518036 -0.833761216
Guinea-Bissau -0.85604229 -0.856088106
Equatorial Guinea -0.723499497 -0.718091145
Greece -0.162918519 -0.170976277
Grenada -0.827646765 -0.820029291
Guatemala -0.855271661 -0.864013844
Guyana -0.991720603 -0.990343459
Honduras -0.839381408 -0.846467285
Croatia 0.04250135 0.022272315
Haiti -0.881334396 -0.88051031
Hungary 0.042534625 0.036952374
Indonesia -0.694051751 -0.700053568
India -0.881379458 -0.886630665
Ireland -0.3412781 -0.356064174
Iran, Islamic Rep. -0.471688886 -0.478293184
Iraq -0.736285674 -0.741140115
Iceland -0.105570376 -0.120220522
Israel 0.845149187 0.847086543
Italy -0.021867829 -0.036960648
Jamaica -0.922289268 -0.921527569
Jordan -0.813709618 -0.806750107
Japan -0.307720661 -0.322188977
Kazakhstan -0.857120728 -0.85244603
Kenya -0.935039863 -0.94939506
Kyrgyz Republic -0.748385833 -0.752754431
Cambodia -0.637365191 -0.635073804
Kiribati -0.973712088 -0.981890225
St. Kitts and Nevis -0.853043528 -0.840700884
Korea, Rep. -0.131561576 -0.143441201
Kuwait -0.804544996 -0.801336886
Lao PDR -0.735328622 -0.735090885
Lebanon -0.74781387 -0.760701091
Liberia -0.625947243 -0.631063689
Libya -0.773163906 -0.773483656
St. Lucia -0.882679328 -0.876686539
Liechtenstein -0.358511137 -0.374958439
Sri Lanka -0.689665464 -0.68877721
Lesotho -0.95056734 -0.952409866
Lithuania 0.068943737 0.055897308
Luxembourg -0.013438525 -0.033585346
Latvia 0.054597677 0.038071436
Morocco -0.876021977 -0.883156465
Monaco -0.00973033 -0.030290968
Moldova -0.344257571 -0.352216849
Madagascar -0.955402801 -0.961938015
Maldives -0.899498148 -0.900228853
Mexico -0.881893586 -0.884339397
Marshall Islands -0.22268728 -0.231785831
North Macedonia -0.051857674 -0.071852059
Mali -0.767610897 -0.762182111
Malta -0.340022502 -0.345805707
Myanmar -0.87334172 -0.884045922
Montenegro -0.035516804 -0.051341163
Mongolia -0.813507271 -0.811142575
Mozambique -0.829422618 -0.832195634
Mauritania -0.787902461 -0.792513261
Mauritius -0.796937501 -0.793466773
Malawi -0.969601491 -0.96972881
Malaysia -0.771892456 -0.777219756
Namibia -0.849182418 -0.851144603
Niger -0.845103113 -0.844117798
Nigeria -0.819782235 -0.822546556
Nicaragua -0.533483199 -0.534008169
Netherlands 0.002015199 -0.014787768
Norway -0.059952536 -0.061706826
Nepal -0.822342498 -0.818981948
Nauru -0.670410608 -0.680654061
New Zealand -0.348105746 -0.357523967
Oman -0.707107466 -0.708954913
Pakistan -0.860306233 -0.870020361
Panama -0.902391131 -0.901491115
Peru -0.975146337 -0.976967924
Philippines -0.939159911 -0.937367592
Palau -0.579958075 -0.589448487
Papua New Guinea -0.847916577 -0.856875403
Poland 0.051497458 0.033061929
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. -0.978813887 -0.982258314
Portugal -0.100970523 -0.118667243
Paraguay -0.984077821 -0.971000148
Qatar -0.78077458 -0.776301631
Romania -0.005353251 -0.029484133
Russian Federation -0.744769521 -0.743782802
Rwanda -0.92980639 -0.93398074
Saudi Arabia -0.963117246 -0.958761735
Sudan -0.673952231 -0.682469596
Senegal -0.84650968 -0.843788135
Singapore -0.924577219 -0.920025303
Solomon Islands -0.979929762 -0.967736141
Sierra Leone -0.824213318 -0.809874551
El Salvador -0.875152073 -0.871290543
San Marino -0.354677569 -0.363852372
Somalia -0.807593128 -0.805141195
Serbia NA NA
South Sudan -0.98972182 -0.991276702
Sao Tome and Principe -0.91162156 -0.921387991
Suriname -0.880184952 -0.894584612
Slovak Republic 0.057740196 0.041942556
Slovenia 0.02474488 0.005356549
Sweden -0.226207104 -0.242057343
Eswatini -0.854045673 -0.846106907
Seychelles -0.898173768 -0.894628933
Syrian Arab Republic -0.452072037 -0.457199422
Chad -0.821684436 -0.824000103
Togo -0.887597776 -0.886526791
Thailand -0.952674011 -0.957022876
Tajikistan -0.827639425 -0.820283835
Turkmenistan -0.726317841 -0.731789002
Timor-Leste -0.955713663 -0.950927023
Tonga -0.730862749 -0.736019039
Trinidad and Tobago -0.870289435 -0.87397553
Tunisia -0.812442316 -0.815402286
Turkiye -0.32822644 -0.33248833
Tuvalu -0.89855824 -0.910482802
Tanzania -0.856320485 -0.861846083
Uganda -0.744637365 -0.745865263
Ukraine 0.046340953 0.030009723
Uruguay -0.912378046 -0.913309021
United States 1 1
Uzbekistan -0.795212397 -0.80119327
St. Vincent and the Grenadines -0.865963122 -0.867520434
Venezuela, RB -0.502863644 -0.504724435
Viet Nam -0.769120139 -0.759412624
Vanuatu -0.918471779 -0.928307648
Samoa -0.851621568 -0.867218721
Yemen, Rep. -0.817258581 -0.811095731
South Africa -0.918441938 -0.924333561
Zambia -0.978262826 -0.984614262
Zimbabwe -0.785570505 -0.790545834
Congo, Dem. Rep. NA NA

Note: X-axis estimated with all votes from 1991 onward. Y-axis estimated with all votes from all sessions.
Source: Bailey et al.(2017)

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Figure 3: Evolution of segmented IPDs from 2021 to 2023

Country 2021 segmented IPD 2023 segmented IPD Change in IPD
Afghanistan -0.766415732 -0.73777163 0.028644102
Angola -0.821726454 -0.779712547 0.042013906
Albania -0.02529656 0.238471742 0.263768302
Finland -0.170856097 0.232393393 0.40324949
Andorra -0.370967804 0.056787588 0.427755392
United Arab Emirates -0.811333706 -0.839625453 -0.028291747
Argentina -0.893387249 -0.462440142 0.430947106
Armenia -0.716353654 -0.453442668 0.262910986
Australia 0.180631308 0.302498314 0.121867006
Antigua -0.872436097 -0.73668828 0.135747817
Austria -0.309820478 0.143523941 0.453344419
Azerbaijan -0.732112003 -0.823285083 -0.091173081
Burundi -0.814779941 -0.876854575 -0.062074634
Belgium -0.06026648 0.198364512 0.258630992
Benin -0.853523089 -0.687152047 0.166371042
Burkina Faso -0.821556727 -0.800428269 0.021128458
Bangladesh -0.785371361 -0.783893163 0.001478199
Bulgaria -0.028211072 0.243008485 0.271219557
Bahrain -0.843317873 -0.903959735 -0.060641862
Bahamas -0.931595154 -0.548089602 0.383505553
Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.347188681 0.063855407 0.411044087
Belarus -0.989710393 -0.964101132 0.025609261
Belize -0.918896358 -0.656809073 0.262087285
Bolivia -0.617100446 -0.99260151 -0.375501063
Brazil -0.742720195 -0.647559127 0.095161068
Barbados -0.972402895 -0.589086565 0.38331633
Brunei -0.73593598 -0.935457183 -0.199521203
Bhutan -0.956053732 -0.687961696 0.268092036
Botswana -0.948855053 -0.681841192 0.267013862
Central African Republic -0.847172071 -0.673405884 0.173766186
Canada 0.109509599 0.39474474 0.285235141
Switzerland -0.304392939 -0.031824302 0.272568637
Chile -0.955197073 -0.460197899 0.494999174
China -1 -1 0
Ivory Coast -0.923474244 -0.527216919 0.396257325
Cameroon -0.844181029 -0.621242607 0.222938422
Republic of Congo -0.818008353 -0.785032465 0.032975888
Colombia -0.857054525 -0.579805105 0.277249421
Comoros -0.699664294 -0.82658849 -0.126924196
Cape Verde -0.858705011 -0.545484042 0.313220969
Costa Rica -0.941704138 -0.505875746 0.435828391
Cuba -0.523217809 -0.884607408 -0.361389599
Cyprus -0.357231006 0.022008727 0.379239732
Czech Republic 0.133531074 0.432331841 0.298800766
Germany 0.033601229 0.329328278 0.29572705
Djibouti -0.835508841 -0.848368827 -0.012859986
Dominica -0.847234403 -0.724009735 0.123224668
Denmark 0.022321837 0.280877127 0.258555291
Dominican Republic -0.950965233 -0.508771452 0.442193781
Algeria -0.694102121 -0.995495855 -0.301393734
Ecuador -0.995420236 -0.546558024 0.448862211
Egypt -0.680368982 -0.994820242 -0.31445126
Eritrea -0.660092293 -0.951883513 -0.29179122
Spain -0.153267565 0.177582859 0.330850424
Estonia 0.045586602 0.290339069 0.244752468
Ethiopia -0.798622393 -0.759751846 0.038870547
Fiji -0.999609023 -0.432779207 0.566829816
France 0.281262304 0.465788474 0.18452617
Gabon -0.985376528 -0.728972151 0.256404377
UK 0.52642859 0.733640093 0.207211503
Georgia -0.254145684 0.099402322 0.353548006
Ghana -0.869142952 -0.761350168 0.107792784
Guinea -0.850958703 -0.737549604 0.113409099
Gambia -0.833761216 -0.747893693 0.085867522
Guinea-Bissau -0.856088106 -0.831195593 0.024892513
Equatorial Guinea -0.718091145 -0.882981105 -0.16488996
Greece -0.170976277 0.135535384 0.306511661
Grenada -0.820029291 -0.718637175 0.101392117
Guatemala -0.864013844 -0.392752127 0.471261718
Guyana -0.990343459 -0.584364962 0.405978497
Honduras -0.846467285 -0.573521021 0.272946264
Croatia 0.022272315 0.33069424 0.308421924
Haiti -0.88051031 -0.583620989 0.296889321
Hungary 0.036952374 0.405241717 0.368289343
Indonesia -0.700053568 -0.925872035 -0.225818467
India -0.886630665 -0.689996128 0.196634537
Ireland -0.356064174 0.042263341 0.398327515
Iran -0.478293184 -0.721446982 -0.243153798
Iraq -0.741140115 -0.912716703 -0.171576588
Iceland -0.120220522 0.135225331 0.255445854
Israel 0.847086543 0.860231562 0.013145019
Italy -0.036960648 0.289840135 0.326800783
San Marino -0.363852372 0.051333314 0.415185686
Jamaica -0.921527569 -0.594477606 0.327049962
Jordan -0.806750107 -0.865211491 -0.058461384
Japan -0.322188977 0.025080027 0.347269004
Kazakhstan -0.85244603 -0.755134255 0.097311775
Kenya -0.94939506 -0.735702171 0.21369289
Kyrgyzstan -0.752754431 -0.777622418 -0.024867987
Cambodia -0.635073804 -0.764431142 -0.129357337
Kiribati -0.981890225 -0.45573789 0.526152335
Nevis -0.840700884 -0.717018895 0.123681989
Saint Kitts -0.840700884 -0.717018895 0.123681989
South Korea -0.143441201 0.110854912 0.254296113
Kuwait -0.801336886 -0.848661315 -0.047324429
Laos -0.735090885 -0.922523775 -0.18743289
Lebanon -0.760701091 -0.950097865 -0.189396774
Liberia -0.631063689 -0.009501042 0.621562646
Libya -0.773483656 -0.883078754 -0.109595098
Saint Lucia -0.876686539 -0.730593027 0.146093511
Liechtenstein -0.374958439 0.028938677 0.403897116
Sri Lanka -0.68877721 -0.907267316 -0.218490106
Lesotho -0.952409866 -0.791096509 0.161313358
Lithuania 0.055897308 0.366841048 0.31094374
Luxembourg -0.033585346 0.217755766 0.251341111
Latvia 0.038071436 0.286787977 0.248716541
Morocco -0.883156465 -0.696306431 0.186850034
Monaco -0.030290968 0.251909889 0.282200858
Moldova -0.352216849 0.070791568 0.423008416
Madagascar -0.961938015 -0.777107293 0.184830722
Maldives -0.900228853 -0.775682122 0.124546732
Mexico -0.884339397 -0.454372407 0.42996699
Marshall Islands -0.231785831 0.118929001 0.350714831
North Macedonia -0.071852059 0.137295911 0.20914797
Mali -0.762182111 -0.910156352 -0.147974241
Malta -0.345805707 0.049657097 0.395462804
Myanmar -0.884045922 -0.547381674 0.336664248
Montenegro -0.051341163 0.202988823 0.254329986
Mongolia -0.811142575 -0.806912742 0.004229834
Mozambique -0.832195634 -0.749777681 0.082417952
Mauritania -0.792513261 -0.895133833 -0.102620571
Mauritius -0.793466773 -0.682229648 0.111237125
Malawi -0.96972881 -0.492889746 0.476839064
Malaysia -0.777219756 -0.843529923 -0.066310167
Namibia -0.851144603 -0.827115172 0.024029431
Niger -0.844117798 -0.854395552 -0.010277754
Nigeria -0.822546556 -0.872870598 -0.050324043
Nicaragua -0.534008169 -0.726170382 -0.192162213
Netherlands -0.014787768 0.229164063 0.243951831
Norway -0.061706826 0.081175623 0.142882449
Nepal -0.818981948 -0.737948192 0.081033757
Nauru -0.680654061 -0.28213597 0.398518091
New Zealand -0.357523967 0.046513146 0.404037112
Oman -0.708954913 -0.982229775 -0.273274862
Pakistan -0.870020361 -0.768929854 0.101090507
Panama -0.901491115 -0.481812936 0.419678179
Peru -0.976967924 -0.554259439 0.422708484
Philippines -0.937367592 -0.744767765 0.192599827
Palau -0.589448487 -0.11231506 0.477133427
Papua New Guinea -0.856875403 -0.308262386 0.548613017
Poland 0.033061929 0.289980142 0.256918213
North Korea -0.982258314 -0.987721025 -0.005462711
Portugal -0.118667243 0.19091511 0.309582353
Paraguay -0.971000148 -0.517094041 0.453906107
Qatar -0.776301631 -0.81750304 -0.041201409
Romania -0.029484133 0.31254625 0.342030383
Russia -0.743782802 -0.908976932 -0.16519413
Rwanda -0.93398074 -0.702799712 0.231181029
Saudi Arabia -0.958761735 -0.917218164 0.041543572
Sudan -0.682469596 -0.927133404 -0.244663809
South Sudan -0.991276702 -0.270958558 0.720318144
Senegal -0.843788135 -0.79003729 0.053750845
Singapore -0.920025303 -0.665092205 0.254933098
Solomon Islands -0.967736141 -0.658799466 0.308936675
Sierra Leone -0.809874551 -0.643204139 0.166670412
El Salvador -0.871290543 -0.589872438 0.281418105
Somalia -0.805141195 -0.847953031 -0.042811836
Sao Tome and Principe -0.921387991 -0.844737091 0.0766509
Suriname -0.894584612 -0.567747174 0.326837438
Slovakia 0.041942556 0.298313371 0.256370816
Slovenia 0.005356549 0.171017285 0.165660736
Sweden -0.242057343 0.258893449 0.500950792
Swaziland -0.846106907 -0.686753816 0.159353091
Seychelles -0.894628933 -0.536104169 0.358524764
Syria -0.457199422 -0.618950263 -0.161750841
Chad -0.824000103 -0.730550261 0.093449842
Togo -0.886526791 -0.69729086 0.189235931
Thailand -0.957022876 -0.65822172 0.298801155
Tajikistan -0.820283835 -0.861997485 -0.04171365
Turkmenistan -0.731789002 -0.916507742 -0.184718739
Timor-Leste -0.950927023 -0.544934603 0.40599242
Tonga -0.736019039 -0.451267047 0.284751991
Trinidad -0.87397553 -0.750180138 0.123795392
Tobago -0.87397553 -0.750180138 0.123795392
Tunisia -0.815402286 -0.815788079 -3.86E-04
Turkey -0.33248833 -0.164503946 0.167984385
Tanzania -0.861846083 -0.69014535 0.171700733
Uganda -0.745865263 -0.865869881 -0.120004619
Ukraine 0.030009723 0.42094849 0.390938767
Uruguay -0.913309021 -0.448007048 0.465301973
USA 1 1 0
Uzbekistan -0.80119327 -0.90668845 -0.10549518
Saint Vincent -0.867520434 -0.7046167 0.162903734
Vietnam -0.759412624 -0.815726578 -0.056313953
Vanuatu -0.928307648 -0.500978243 0.427329404
Samoa -0.867218721 -0.42699923 0.44021949
Yemen -0.811095731 -0.740308001 0.07078773
South Africa -0.924333561 -0.807179926 0.117153635
Zambia -0.984614262 -0.593845792 0.39076847
Zimbabwe -0.790545834 -0.796172203 -0.005626369
Tuvalu -0.910482802 -0.46825199 0.442230812
Micronesia 0.346527209 0.494910483 0.148383275

Note: The map illustrates changes in geopolitical alignments between 2021 and 2023 based on segmented Ideal Point Distances (seg). Countries shifting toward stronger alignment with the United States are marked accordingly, highlighting notable realignments, especially evident among European and Oceanic countries.
Source: Bailey et al.(2017)

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Figure 4: Distortive and net trade restriction announcements by bloc

LEFT: Distortive trade restrict annoucements by bloc


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2017 1591 4133 2794
2018 2108 4544 3921
2019 1910 5186 4026
2020 3079 7384 5059
2021 2939 6751 4308
2022 3843 10725 8537
2023 3296 9945 7760

RIGHT: Net trade restrict annoucements by bloc


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2017 1509 3937 2685
2018 1913 3918 3813
2019 1774 4727 3843
2020 2724 6489 4736
2021 2685 5896 3907
2022 2950 8046 7320
2023 2457 7165 7413

Note: Figure (a) shows the sum of distortive trade restriction announcements by year and bloc, and (b) shows the sum of net trade restriction announcements by year and bloc, calculated as the difference between distortive and liberalizing. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the Baseline IPD, constructed using all votes, in 2021.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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Figure 5: Distortive and net NIPO trade restriction announcements by bloc

LEFT: Distortive NIPO trade restrict annoucements by bloc


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2017 1 18 4
2020 198 592 308
2021 25 205 205
2022 672 2452 681
2023 1037 4465 4236

RIGHT: Net NIPO trade restrict annoucements by bloc


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2017 1 18 4
2020 103 324 159
2021 -19 94 193
2022 341 1483 230
2023 853 3870 4122

Note: Figure (a) shows the sum of NIPO distortive trade restriction announcements by year and bloc, and (b) shows the sum of NIPO net trade restriction announcements by year and bloc, calculated as the difference between distortive and liberalizing. An act is classified as NIPO if it mentions at least one of the following motives: Strategic competitiveness, national security, digital transformation, resilience/security of supply, geopolitical concerns, or climate change mitigation. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the Baseline IPD, constructed using all votes, in 2021.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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Figure 6: Distortive interventions by motives and bloc

LEFT: Aligned


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 2 69 134
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 56 309
Resilience/Security of Supply 90 8 348 229
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 1 0 46 187
Strategic Competitiveness 107 15 153 306

MIDDLE: Nonaligned


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 2 26 199
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 492 2058
Resilience/Security of Supply 240 82 1309 1043
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 20 3 169 827
Strategic Competitiveness 332 118 456 1091

RIGHT: Distant


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 0 0 53
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 65 3265
Resilience/Security of Supply 139 186 432 553
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 123 2 99 3062
Strategic Competitiveness 46 17 85 238

Note: Distribution of NIPO distortive inteventions by motive and bloc. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the Baseline IPD, constructed using all votes, in 2021.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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Figure 7: Discriminatory interventions by bloc and sector

UPPER-LEFT: Low Carbon Technology


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 762 1950 1598
2021 1006 2269 1823
2022 1533 4911 5400
2023 1542 4813 5154

UPPER-MIDDLE: Dual-Use Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1840 4932 3540
2021 1818 4473 3592
2022 2645 8171 7665
2023 2215 6646 6616

UPPER-RIGHT: Critical Minerals


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 209 546 417
2021 329 1007 719
2022 940 3384 3841
2023 589 2728 3093

MIDDLE-LEFT: Advanced Technology Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1743 4311 3385
2021 1415 3539 2779
2022 1631 5703 6705
2023 1663 5619 6094

MIDDLE-MIDDLE: Medical Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1661 3933 2506
2021 805 1973 1242
2022 1151 4450 5428
2023 864 3952 4577

MIDDLE-RIGHT: Chemicals


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 355 844 389
2021 200 588 638
2022 867 3282 3857
2023 633 2646 2863

LOWER-LEFT: Critical Raw Materials - Downstream


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 682 1643 1871
2021 901 2096 1986
2022 1471 4972 5810
2023 1262 4488 5340

LOWER-MIDDLE: Industrial Raw Materials


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 232 625 325
2021 342 1059 659
2022 915 3368 3707
2023 541 2709 3065

LOWER-RIGHT: IT or Digital Services


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 5 8 6
2021 23 36 22
2022 119 239 81
2023 54 102 52

Note: Distribution of NIPO distortive inteventions by sector and bloc. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the Baseline IPD, constructed using all votes, in 2021.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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Figure 8: Distortive interventions by type and bloc

UPPER-LEFT: Horizontal


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 2 2 0
2021 6 6 0
2022 226 146 2
2023 50 109 7

UPPER-MIDDLE: R&D Related


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 48 96 65
2021 329 389 85
2022 151 237 592
2023 46 102 147

UPPER-RIGHT: Support Electrical Energy


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 39 155 80
2021 38 92 3
2022 194 396 530
2023 89 230 139

BOTTOM-LEFT: Sanction


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1 20 124
2021 4 77 442
2022 539 3220 4350
2023 333 2153 3269

BOTTOM-MIDDLE: Infrastructure, Transport, Cargo, or Logistics


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 123 254 60
2021 85 105 47
2022 251 502 726
2023 27 110 304

Note: Distribution of NIPO distortive inteventions by type and bloc. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the Baseline IPD, constructed using all votes, in 2021. We omit Recycling Service and FDI Screening Mechanism from the analysis, as no distortive interventions were identified in these categories in the period under analysis.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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Figure 9: Country blocs defined using the 2023 IPD with all votes.

Distortive Interventions by Motives and Bloc (LEFT: Aligned)


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 2 72 173
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 68 285
Resilience/Security of Supply 107 12 599 376
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 1 0 62 138
Strategic Competitiveness 120 15 177 351

Distortive Interventions by Motives and Bloc (MIDDLE: Nonaligned)


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 2 22 169
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 381 2356
Resilience/Security of Supply 198 93 907 816
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 35 2 116 1103
Strategic Competitiveness 290 112 381 980

Distortive Interventions by Motives and Bloc (RIGHT: Distant)


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 0 1 62
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 165 3043
Resilience/Security of Supply 164 171 601 647
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 108 3 144 2857
Strategic Competitiveness 72 23 136 340

Notes: Distribution of NIPO distortive inteventions by motive and bloc. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the IPD, constructed using all votes, in 2023.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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Figure 10: Country blocs defined using the 2021 Economic IPD.

Distortive Interventions by Motives and Bloc (LEFT: Aligned)


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 2 44 115
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 65 315
Resilience/Security of Supply 59 12 81 59
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 2 0 22 111
Strategic Competitiveness 36 7 75 243

Distortive Interventions by Motives and Bloc (MIDDLE: Nonaligned)


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 2 51 210
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 523 2705
Resilience/Security of Supply 284 111 1608 1239
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 43 4 223 1493
Strategic Competitiveness 423 140 569 1186

Distortive Interventions by Motives and Bloc (RIGHT: Distant)


Interventions 2020 2021 2022 2023
Climate Change Mitigation 0 0 0 61
Geopolitical Concerns 0 0 24 2586
Resilience/Security of Supply 125 153 387 519
Digital Transformation 0 0 0 0
National Security 98 1 69 2455
Strategic Competitiveness 25 3 48 204

Notes: Distribution of NIPO distortive inteventions by motive and bloc. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the Economic IPD, constructed using economic votes, in 2021.

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Figure 11: Country blocs defined using the 2023 IPD with all votes.

UPPER-LEFT: Low Carbon Technology


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 830 1806 1655
2021 1174 1979 1912
2022 1524 4861 5420
2023 1604 5067 5176

UPPER-MIDDLE: Dual-Use Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 2055 4324 3871
2021 2075 3810 3904
2022 3001 7314 8214
2023 2384 6411 7058

UPPER-RIGHT: Critical Minerals


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 229 447 483
2021 403 731 883
2022 1011 3267 3836
2023 723 2769 3060

MIDDLE-LEFT: Advanced Technology Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1710 4178 3528
2021 1484 3312 2888
2022 1607 5743 6657
2023 1641 5857 6189

MIDDLE-MIDDLE: Medical Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1665 3670 2733
2021 901 1715 1373
2022 1191 4398 5404
2023 974 3950 4643

MIDDLE-RIGHT: Chemicals


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 303 801 478
2021 189 597 637
2022 1049 3189 3738
2023 708 2751 2843

LOWER-LEFT: Critical Raw Materials - Downstream


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 654 1637 1882
2021 1058 1868 2008
2022 1470 4947 5785
2023 1327 4791 5234

LOWER-MIDDLE: Industrial Raw Materials


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 241 499 428
2021 378 814 840
2022 976 3236 3717
2023 623 2790 3040

LOWER-RIGHT: IT or Digital Services


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 7 5 7
2021 17 37 27
2022 114 143 184
2023 86 68 54

Notes: Distribution of NIPO distortive inteventions by sector and bloc. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the IPD constructed using all votes, in 2023.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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Figure 12: Country blocs defined using the 2021 Economic IPD.

UPPER-LEFT: Low Carbon Technology


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 540 2488 1274
2021 753 2927 1411
2022 1208 6159 4442
2023 1170 5933 4371

UPPER-MIDDLE: Dual-Use Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1216 6269 2801
2021 1441 5660 2770
2022 2451 9744 6230
2023 1703 8201 5531

UPPER-RIGHT: Critical Minerals


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 97 757 314
2021 184 1322 540
2022 652 4344 3136
2023 372 3540 2462

MIDDLE-LEFT: Advanced Technology Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1143 5421 2856
2021 1013 4565 2143
2022 1284 7266 5454
2023 1204 7091 5045

MIDDLE-MIDDLE: Medical Products


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 1031 4840 2212
2021 415 2587 1007
2022 881 5554 4559
2023 643 4969 3746

MIDDLE-RIGHT: Chemicals


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 198 1111 272
2021 88 861 471
2022 1005 3768 3194
2023 397 3407 2304

LOWER-LEFT: Critical Raw Materials - Downstream


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 463 2314 1411
2021 752 2675 1549
2022 1204 6359 4655
2023 1019 5595 4441

LOWER-MIDDLE: Industrial Raw Materials


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 99 835 243
2021 192 1383 477
2022 646 4266 3044
2023 372 3462 2446

LOWER-RIGHT: IT or Digital Services


Year Aligned Nonaligned Distant
2020 4 9 6
2021 19 45 17
2022 112 284 42
2023 55 118 35

Notes: Distribution of NIPO distortive inteventions by motive and bloc. Aligned, nonaligned and distant blocs are constructed using the Economic IPD, constructed using economic votes, in 2021.
Source: Evenett et al. (2024), Bailey et al.(2017); Authors' Calculations

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