This study uses the gravity model to estimate the effects of food safety regulations implemented by the partner … countries on agri-food exports of China. Annual bilateral trade data are compiled for major agrifood export items of China like … prior expectations and economic theory. The study concludes that food safety regulations have no effect on exports of all …

Agro-food trade between the BRIC countries has increased. Brazil and China contributed to the rapid increase of agro-food … trade. The Russian Federation experienced the stagnating and the most volatile agro-food trade over time. The composition of … agro-food trade for the BRIC countries varies by the BEC agro-food trade categories and over time. The prevailing in the …

for coping with food production volatility. …

The effect of food standards on agricultural trade flows remains unclear. We contribute to the debate with a unique … dataset that contains the number of food processing firms of 88 countries from 2008 to 2013 that are certified with the …

With increasing global agrifood trade, private food standards and certifications have proliferated. Yet, their trade …