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Climate conditions are sources of comparative advantages and may foster trading opportunities. Through a gravity-type approach we show that overtime variations in climate differences correlate with bilateral trade values. Intuitively, these differences may be associated with diverse productivity levels, a plausible channel through which climate distance affects trade.
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