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 …

There is a wide disparity of views on issues of international labor standards. Labor and social activists are concerned … about the increased imports from countries in which labor standards are ostensibly not enforced at a sufficiently high level …. The paper begins with the definition and scope of labor standards, then turns to theoretical aspects of the economic …

In this paper we examine the incentives for governments to recognize the standards of foreign products. In the case of …

-related environmental and labor standards. As pointed out by Anderson (1996) and Bhagwati (1996), these calls for action have been motivated …

Community beyond 2015. Standards and conformance assessment measures, while seeking to ensure quality and safety of products for … towards standards harmonisation in the ASEAN priority sectors of integration and in bringing about regulatory convergence …

two most active ASEAN countries in production networks (Thailand and Malaysia) and examines the effect of participating in …