disaggregated trade data from developed and developing nations to test whether or not MRAs have a negative effect on exports from … excluded nations. In particular, we focus on the impact of a North-North MRA on the South. We find empirical evidence in … support of the model; the MRA between the EU and the USA has harmed exports from Canada and the group of developing countries …

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 …

"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 …

ability to predict the trade effects of the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, the first 'second-generation' FTA of the EU …, applied since 2011. Our results show that, when accounting for information on the FTA components, no extra trade effect is … attributable to the EU-South Korea FTA. The message from the evolution of NTMs differs considerably according to the indicator used …

ability to predict the trade effects of the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, the first 'second-generation' FTA of the EU …, applied since 2011. Our results show that, when accounting for information on the FTA components, no extra trade effect is … attributable to the EU-South Korea FTA. The message from the evolution of NTMs differs considerably according to the indicator used …

product standards and technical regulations in the European context. The analysis of these standards and technical regulations …

product standards and technical regulations in the European context. The analysis of these standards and technical regulations …