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AGRO-FOOD PRODUCTS AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE: A SURVEY OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS RAISED IN THE WTO'S TBT COMMITTEE

Walkenhorst, Peter - EconWPA - 2004

particular emphasis on discussions related to agro-food products. It thereby aims to provide background information on TBT … analysed, and agro-food related TBT issues that might warrant further investigation with respect to their trade and economic …

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Evaluation of the Mutual Recognition Schemes

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

In January 2003, the Government asked the Commission to undertake a study into the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA …

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Chinese Regionalism

Killion, M. Ulric - EconWPA - 2005

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Economic Community in East Asia: Japan's Leadership in the Regional Development on both Economic and Financial Sides

Kitagawa, Masaomi - EconWPA - 2005

East Asian nations are currently undertaking the future development of an economic community by creating a viable framework for closer cooperation and deeper integration. However, the intractable problem is that there are a lot of diversities and heterogeneity that have prevented the East Asian...

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Le teck javanais : de l'exploitation illégale au boycott dramatique

Guizol, Philippe; Roda, Jean Marc; Muhtaman, Dwi R; … - EconWPA - 2005

Planté depuis de nombreux siècles à Java, le teck y a été particulièrement développé au XIXe siècle. Les 200 000 ha de plantations de teck constituent la plus vaste plantation de cette essence au monde. Cette ressource est néanmoins surexploitée, et des Ong mettent en question sa...

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Javanese teack : from illegal harvests to dramatic boycott

Guizol, Philippe; Roda, Jean-Marc; Muhtaman, Dwi R.; … - EconWPA - 2005

Teak was first planted centuries ago in Java and the industry reached its peak in the 19th century. Java's teak plantations, the most extensive in the world, cover some 200 000 hectares, but they are being overexploited and NGOs are questioning their management by the state. Teak has become...

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Monopoly intermediary and information transmission

Quesada, Lucia; Peyrache, Eloic - EconWPA - 2003

In this paper we extend Lizzeri's simple model of information transmission through certification intermediaries. A …

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Uneven geographies of organizational practice: explaining the cross-national transfer and adoption of ISO 9000

Neumayer, Eric; Perkins, Richard - EconWPA - 2004

- recognized set of standards for quality management. We develop a series of hypotheses about the conditions under which …

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Arrangements for Setting Drinking Water Standards

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

sector, however, compares regulatory processes for the development and enforcement of quality standards, in Australia and …

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Standards Coalitions Formation and Market Structure in Network Industries

Economides, Nicholas; Skrzypacz, Andrzej - EconWPA - 2004

We discuss the formation of technical standards platforms in industries with network externalities where firms are free … standards coalition in the first stage of a game, and play an oligopoly game in the second stage. In adding itself to a … technical standards coalition, a firm benefits from the network effects of the whole coalition, but also faces increased …

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