This project is a part of MSiA 490 Social Network Analytics.

Our analysis evaluates the question of the impact of free trade agreements through a case study on the Americas. Putting public opinion aside, our team used network techniques (RSiena and ERGM) to assess the relationship between trade agreement formation and key economic indicators. The tools used are R, Gephi and d3.js.

We examined the co-evolution of both ties and nodes in the context of answering a number of hypotheses on topics such as:
● Economic Integration – Do the number of trade partners increase over time? If so, at what rate? How does a country’s position in a trade network impact these movements?
● Health and Growth of Economies – How is GDP affected by new trade agreements? Is it generally positive or negative?
● Employment – Does unemployment increase or decrease with new trade agreements?

The interactive network visualization is here:
Free trade agreement Network Analytics
The report could be downloaded here:
SNAP Final Report