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A Study on the Establishment of a System to Remove/Reduce Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) in Central and South America
Kim, Yong-Jae - In: Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) 16 (2018) 3, pp. 1-11
eliminating TBT. The scope of this article is in accord with the international standards corresponding to countries technical … regulations and standards, every membership countries must prevent TBT-related Specific Trade Concern (STC) to WTO. This article …The purpose of this article is to analyze and investigate, to find out the appropriate way to remove/reduce TBT when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012049017
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Disentangling the Demand-enhancing Effect and Trade-cost Effect of Technical Measures in Agricultural Trade among OECD countries
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John - 2011
Domestic technical measures such as SPS and TBTs can enhance import demand via information disclosure and quality improvement, or hamper foreign export supply via imposing sizeable compliance costs, or both. The traditional gravity equation model estimates the net effect of these measures on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445870
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A study on the establishment of a system to remove/reduce technical barriers to trade (TBTs) in Central and South America
Kim, Yong-Jae - In: Journal of electronic commerce in organizations : the … 16 (2018) 3, pp. 1-11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011886294
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Nontariff Barriers
Beghin, John - Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute … - 2006
Nontariff barriers (NTBs) refer to the wide range of policy interventions other than border tariffs that affect trade of goods, services, and factors of production. Most taxonomies of NTBs include market-specific trade and domestic policies affecting trade in that market. Extended taxonomies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005249007
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Disentangling the Demand-enhancing Effect and Trade-cost Effect of Technical Measures in Agricultural Trade among OECD countries
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium - IATRC - 2011
Domestic technical measures such as SPS and TBTs can enhance import demand via information disclosure and quality improvement, or hamper foreign export supply via imposing sizeable compliance costs, or both. The traditional gravity equation model estimates the net effect of these measures on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493655
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Do Bilateral and Regional Approaches for Reducing Technical Barriers to Trade Converge Towards the Multilateral Trading System?
Lesser, Caroline - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2007
"technical barriers to trade" (i.e., technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures) in selected bilateral … to Trade, and with each other. The study reveals that most provisions regarding technical barriers to trade (TBT … practices and TBT-related infrastructure in member countries (e.g., through regional consultation fora and joint standardisation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962799
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AGRO-FOOD PRODUCTS AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE: A SURVEY OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS RAISED IN THE WTO'S TBT COMMITTEE
Walkenhorst, Peter - EconWPA - 2004
particular emphasis on discussions related to agro-food products. It thereby aims to provide background information on TBT … analysed, and agro-food related TBT issues that might warrant further investigation with respect to their trade and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062591
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Nontariff Barriers
Beghin, John - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2006
Nontariff barriers (NTBs) refer to the wide range of policy interventions other than border tariffs that affect trade of goods, services, and factors of production. Most taxonomies of NTBs include market-specific trade and domestic policies affecting trade in that market. Extended taxonomies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612599
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Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Technical Barriers to Trade: An African Perspective
Meyer, Nico; Fenyes, Tamas; Breitenbach, Martin; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2010
principles and provisions of the WTO Agreement on TBT as a yardstick for analysis, this paper examines whether and how eight … major regional integration agreements within the African region address TBT issues. It finds that TBT are not an important … issue in Sub-Saharan African RTAs. Only one of the 8 agreements surveyed refers explicitly to the WTO TBT Agreement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568053
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International Harmonization and the Gains from Trade
Kerr, William A. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 07 (2006) 2
International harmonization of standards and regulations is often a goal expressed in trade agreements because it is … protectionism, with differences in standards and regulations seen as non-tariff barriers. While protectionism may well be the source … standards, switching costs, proprietary technologies. The article concludes that proposals for international harmonization need …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005477189