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Non-Tariff Barriers and the Telecommunications Sector
Stephenson, Sherry M. - 2002
This paper discusses the nature, importance, and measurement of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in services trade with particular reference to telecommunications services. It is shown that although more effectively addressed for the telecom sector at the multilateral level than for other service...
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Deep integration with the EU and its likely impact on selected ENP countries and Russia
Maliszewska, Maryla; Orlova, Iryna; Taran, Svitlana - 2009
The aim of this study is to estimate the impact of the removal of NTBs in trade between the EU and its selected CIS partners: Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan (CIS5). The report includes a discussion of methodologies of measurement of non-tariff barriers and the impact of their...
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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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National Standards and International Trade
Ganslandt, Mattias; Markusen, James R. - 2001
Standards and technical regulations which govern the admissibility of imported goods into an economy raise costs of exporters entering new markets, and may have a particularly high impact on firms seeking to export from developing countries. Yet standards may also have a positive side, such as...
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Non-tariff barriers in the selected CIS countries
Taran, Sviltana - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to measure and analyse how intensively CIS countries apply nontariff barriers (NTBs) to restrict foreign trade in regard to certain products and total trade. Five CIS countries were selected for this analysis, in particular Ukraine, Russian Federation, Moldova,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430808
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Institutional harmonization and its costs and benefits in the context of EU cooperation with its neighbours: An overview
Kolesnichenko, Anna - 2009
Institutional harmonization is an important part of European integration, and its effects are more far reaching than the effects of trade liberalization. In its policy towards neighbors (the European Neighborhood Policy, ENP), the EU puts a lot of stress on the desirability of institutional...
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Trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers to Indo-Pak trade
Taneja, Nisha - 2007
This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach, the study finds that the export potential from India to...
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India's role in facilitating trade under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Prakash, Shravani; Kalita, Pallavi - 2013
LDCs have greatly benefitted Bangladesh and concessions to non-LDC members have applied to its imports from Pakistan. India … tariffs (including trimming sensitive lists), non tariff barriers, transport and transit barriers and customs reforms. …
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Non-tariff barriers, market access, and trade
Mathä, Thomas - 2001
This paper analyses the effects of non-tariff barriers, in terms of both variable and fixed export costs, on trade structure. The relationship between fixed and variable trade costs determines whether international trade emerges. If trade emerges, only variable, but not fixed export costs,...
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Shallow versus deep integration between mediterranean countries and the EU and within the mediterranean region
Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk; Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Mendez … - 2011
developed for this project concerning tariffs (as a proxy for shallow integration) and Non Tariff Measures (NTMs)2 (as a proxy … model is estimated for only one year (2001), and for each MED country. Trade costs are represented by tariffs, AVEs of NTMs … bilateral trade between MED countries and EU countries as well as amongst MED countries. The model shows that tariffs, NTMs, and …
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