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Coerência, convergência e cooperação regulatória nos capítulos de barreiras técnicas ao comércio e medidas sanitárias e fitossanitárias do acordo transpacífico

Thorstensen, Vera; Mesquita, Alebe - 2016

This article aims to develop an analysis of the regulatory coherence of theme related to technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The work outlines the rights and obligations of those most relevant chapters,...

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International standards and the WTO TBT Agreement: Improving governance for regulatory alignment

Wijkström, Erik; McDaniels, Devin - 2013

The WTO TBT Agreement obliges governments to use international standards as a basis for regulation, yet leaves a degree of flexibility with respect to the choice of standard, and the manner of its use. This interplay between obligation and flexibility has given rise to tension in various fora of...

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Do free trade agreements actually increase members' international trade?

Baier, Scott Leonard; Bergstrand, Jeffrey H. - 2005

For more than forty years, the gravity equation has been a workhorse for cross-country empirical analyses of international trade flows and, in particular, the effects of free trade agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. However, the gravity equation is subject to the same econometric critique as...

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Icebergs versus Tariffs: A Quantitative Perspective on the Gains from Trade

Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Jung, Benjamin; Larch, Mario - 2013

Recent quantitative trade models treat import tariffs as pure cost shifters so that their effects are similar to … iceberg trade costs. We introduce revenue-generating import tariffs, which act as demand shifters, into the framework of … quantification based on countries observed degrees of openness, tariff revenues, and on the gravity elasticities of tariffs and …

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World-Trade Growth Accounting

Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey K. - 2016

We undertake a trade-growth accounting exercise by decomposing data on changes in bilateral international trade flows into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect components (general equilibrium effects). Furthermore,...

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A Structural Ranking of Economic Complexity

Schetter, Ulrich - 2021

We propose a structural alternative to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI, Hidalgo and Hausmann 2009; Hausmann et al. 2011) that ranks countries by their complexity. This ranking is tied to comparative advantages. Hence, it reveals information different from GDP per capita on the deep underlying...

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Love of Variety and Gains from Trade

Gouel, Christophe; Jean, Sébastien - 2021

This paper shows how gains from trade are conditioned by love of variety, defined as the extent to which an additional product variety generates benefits in either final or intermediate consumption. We develop a multi-country, multi-sector gravity trade model where love of variety is...

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African Agency and EU-African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Spectrum 49 (2014) 3, pp. 149-155

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

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The rise of the Southern economies: Implications for the WTO-multilateral trading system

Nenci, Silvia - 2008

political actors, is having significant and far-reaching impact on the world economy. Notwithstanding the increasing amount of …

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Trade, testing and toasters: Conformity assessment procedures and the TBT Committee

McDaniels, Devin; Karttunen, Marianna - 2016

Even if traders adapt to technical regulations and standards in an export market, they still must prove compliance by undergoing conformity assessment procedures (CAPs), such as testing, inspection, or certification. Duplication, delays or discrimination in CAPs can significantly increase trade...

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