Cassehgari Posada, Kian; Ganne, Emmanuelle; … - 2020 - Manuscript date: 24 April 2020
In this paper we provide some evidence of the common claim that STCs improve transparency and monitoring as well as help mitigate trade conflicts. We analyse the content of 555 STCs raised in the TBT committee in the period 1995-2018. We find that: (i) STCs are used to acquire new and higher...