This paper investigates the impact of standards on China¡¯s trade volume with the rest of the world and its bilateral … China¡¯s country specific voluntary standards promote China¡¯s foreign trade and the impact on exports is larger than on … imports. China¡¯s internationally harmonized voluntary standards have the strongest positive impact, especially on imports …

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 …