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Environmental and food safety standards in the context of trade liberalization : issues and options
Grote, Ulrike; Engel, Stefanie - 2001
The current debate on trade liberalization is accompanied by an increased concern about environmental and food safety issues leading to frictions of different country groups under the World Trade Organization (WTO). This discussion paper aims at shedding more light on some of the issues in the...
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The relevance of SPS in the ACP-EU economic partnership agreements : what a development-friendly recognition of SPS measures within the EPA negotiations might look like
Chemnitz, Christine; Günther, Doris - 2007
binding provisions into the EPAs that address the particular difficulties of ACP countries regarding SPS issues. This paper … aims to develop a checklist for the development-friendly recognition of SPS measures in the EPA negotiations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908762
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When are private standards more stringent than public standards?
Vandemoortele, Thijs; Deconinck, Koen - 2013
Retailers' private standards are increasingly important in addressing consumer concerns about safety, quality and social and environmental issues. Empirical evidence shows that these private standards are frequently more stringent than their public counterparts. This article develops a political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734005
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The WTO's trade policy review mechanism : how to create political will for liberalization?
Zahrnt, Valentin - 2009
The economic crisis has sparked fears about emerging protectionism and created wide interest in initiatives to monitor trade policies. The WTO regularly examines its members' trade policies - but its reports tend to be superficial and uncritical. How could they be improved to become a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900802
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Non-tariff measures and standards in trade and global value chains
Beghin, John C.; Maertens, Miet; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2015
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Study on the functioning of land markets in the EU member states under the influence of measures applied under the common agricultural policy
Swinnen, Johan F. M.; Ciaian, Pavel; Kancs, D'Artis - 2008
of land. The present paper analyses how the income distributional effects and farm restructuring are impacted by the SPS … by accounting for entitlement tradability, cross-compliance requirements, different SPS implementation models, and the … entitlement stock. Our results suggest that the SPS implication details are highly important: farmers’ benefits can range from 100 …
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EU land markets and the common agricultural policy
Ciaian, Pavel; Kancs, D'Artis; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2010
of land. The present paper analyses how the income distributional effects and farm restructuring are impacted by the SPS … by accounting for entitlement tradability, cross-compliance requirements, different SPS implementation models, and the … entitlement stock. Our results suggest that the SPS implication details are highly important: farmers’ benefits can range from 100 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524822
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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
(TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The work outlines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554915
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Non-tariff measures and standards in trade and global value chains
Beghin, John C.; Maertens, Miet; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2015 - This version: February 24, 2015
We assess the literature on public and private quality standards and their impact in food markets, international trade, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor markets and with special attention to the North-South context. We also...
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Addressing non-tariff measures in ASEAN
Pasadilla, Gloria O. - 2013
Intra-ASEAN trade has increased six-fold since 1993 but greater integration challenge looms in addressing non-tariff measures. The paper discusses the various ASEAN work programs on NTMs and assesses the incidence of Members' NTMs on various products. Various ways of accelerating the reduction...
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