About the journal

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Journal identity

The Journal of Global Trade, Ethics and Law is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal with electronic ISSN 2977-0025.

JGTEL provides a multidisciplinary forum for scholarship on global trade, trade economics, trade policy, trade ethics, trade history and international trade law.

The journal treats trade not only as a system of markets and regulation, but also as a political relationship and a field of moral responsibility. This formulation preserves the interdisciplinary identity established on the original JGTEL website.

Journal title

Journal of Global Trade, Ethics and Law

Abbreviation

JGTEL

Electronic ISSN

2977-0025

Publisher

Durham & Thunmann

Language

English

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Mission

The journal advances rigorous analysis of global markets and international commerce while asking how legal rules, political institutions and ethical expectations shape economic activity.

It also investigates the reverse relationship: how changing patterns of trade transform institutions, communities, rights, responsibilities and moral judgement.

JGTEL is committed to fair and ethical research, high academic standards, intellectual curiosity and the creation of knowledge that can support societies through change and progress.

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Aims and scope

JGTEL welcomes original theoretical, empirical, doctrinal, comparative and historically informed work.

• International trade, trade policy and the institutions governing cross-border exchange
• Trade economics, political economy, development and distribution
• International and comparative trade law, dispute settlement and regulatory cooperation
• Commercial ethics, responsible business, sustainability and supply-chain accountability
• Trade history, mercantilism, empire and institutional change
• Technology, data, artificial intelligence and the transformation of global commerce
• Research connecting developed and developing economies and encouraging dialogue across regions

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Publishing model and standards

The journal uses double-anonymous peer review and normally seeks reports from at least two independent reviewers. Editorial decisions remain the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief or a delegated handling editor.

JGTEL operates as a diamond open-access journal. Readers have immediate access to published work and authors are not charged an article processing charge.

Publication policies cover originality, conflicts of interest, authorship, research ethics, corrections, retractions, repository deposit, data transparency and the responsible use of generative AI and AI-assisted tools.