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Non-tariff measures in the Philippines
Quimba, Francis Mark A.; Calizo, Sylwyn C. - 2018
As several countries have reduced tariff rates, other forms of regulatory measures that impact on trade have proliferated. These regulations, collectively known as Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs), can be imposed on both imports and exports. Using descriptive indicators, NTMs could be measured with...
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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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Trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers to Indo-Pak trade
Taneja, Nisha - 2007
, the study finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from … Pakistan to India is US$ 2.2 billion. Items having export potential from Pakistan are largely in the textile sector while items … exports to India are surely affected by these. Pakistan has an export interest in textiles and agricultural products which …
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Sorting it out: Technical barriers to trade and industry productivity
Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Jung, Benjamin - 2008
into export markets, we use a model with heterogeneous firms, trade in differentiated goods, and variable external …
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TBT and Trade Facilitation Agreements: Leveraging linkages to reduce trade costs
Ayral, Serra - 2016
success factors. Considering that a significant share of import/export procedures and controls arise from the implementation …
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How does the regular work of WTO influence regional trade agreements?
McDaniels, Devin; Molina, Ana Cristina; Wijkström, Erik - 2018
This paper illustrates how the work of the WTO's standing committees is fuelling regulatory cooperation between WTO members, and inspiring RTA negotiators. We explore, as a case study, how the WTO TBT Committee has shaped provisions on international standards in RTAs, and focus on the extent to...
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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 …
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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,...
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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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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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