We analyze the trade and welfare impact of quarantine measures imposed by Australiaon imports of pigmeat. In particular … strong effect on trade and welfare with a tariff equivalent above 113% of average real worldprices over the period analyzed.[...] …

This paper provides a systematic welfare-based approach to analyze the impact of non-tariffmeasures (NTMs) on trade and … phytosanitary regulations.The approach overcomes the shortcomings of the mainstream approach based on the analysisof forgone trade … caused by trade costs. The latter ignores market imperfections: welfareincreases when NTMs are removed and trade expands. We …