In this paper we investigate the effects of trade on the national minimum quality standards applied by two trading … standards set by national regulators will tend to unduly favour producer interests. As always, trade changes the balance of … lobbying access to its regulatory authority. As a result trade raises the minimum standard in the exporting country and may …

The significance of standards in international agricultural trade is continuously rising. Due to their complexity …, especially private industry standards are often expected to have a negative impact on agricultural export sectors in developing … countries. The successful adoption of standards by a broad number of producers can be seen as a condition to limit negative …

The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing … standards act as trade barriers for developing countries and cause further marginalization of the poor. This paper is the first … to quantify income and poverty effects of such high-standards trade and to integrate labor market effects, by using …

phytosanitary measures; Technical barriers to trade; Trade defense; Invest; Intellectual Property; Sustainable Development; …The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is a new generation of trade agreements between Vietnam and 28 EU Member States … December 2, 2015. On 17/10/2018, the European Commission has submitted a free trade agreement between Vietnam and Europe and …

an accelerated development, which leads to increased competitiveness, crystallization of modern trade forms … of the communist regime, characterized by strong industrialization, Suceava has become a powerful trade center. Many …

This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by … focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and … political development. I argue that financial market institutions are critical to economic and political development, and …

economic development of countries in transition. His research has included fiscal policy issues, exchange rate determinants …, inflation targeting, and economic development issues. …