This paper reports the findings of a survey of non-tariff trade barriers (NTBs) that firms in the Pacific Rim region frequently encounter. NTBs are categorized into restrictions on market access, restrictions on personnel movement and transparency of regulatory information. We find that NTBs...

This paper examines the implications of China's WTO accession for its domestic regional liberalization. We find first that, without WTO membership, regional liberalization might create a trade diversion that benefited only low-protection regions while harming high-protection regions, and it...