TRADEM is a database of democracy-related provisions in preferential trade agreements. It covers 792 PTAs signed between 1949 and 2022, using a typology of 72 provisions across six dimensions. The dataset was created by combining manual text coding and machine learning approaches.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the inclusion of democracy-related obligations in trade agreements over time.
- Compare the prevalence of provisions for transparency and stakeholder participation across different regions.
- Study the relationship between provisions protecting individual rights and other PTA design features.
- Build indices for measuring the democratic content of international trade agreements.
Strengths
- Covers 792 preferential trade agreements signed between 1949 and 2022.
- Systematically codes 72 democracy-related provisions across six conceptual dimensions.
- Uses a combined methodology of manual coding and machine learning for data creation.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Ganeson, Kirthana / TRADEM
- Collection Method
- Combines manual text coding and machine learning approaches.
- Time Range
- 1949 to 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-11 13:31:32; freshness should be verified.