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Global Standard-Setting 2.0 : How the WTO Spotlights ISO and Impacts the Transnational Standard-Setting Process
Delimatsis, Panos - 2018
Transnational technical standard-setting has grown in prominence in recent years. The World Trade Organization (WTO … Standardization (ISO), discussing procedural and substantive guarantees regarding transparency, openness, deliberation and … reform in international standard-setting is bound to occur. Arguably, this is bringing a paradigm shift in standardization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919294
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‘Relevant International Standards’ and ‘Recognized Standardization Bodies’ under the TBT Agreement
Delimatsis, Panos - 2014
been steadily increasing in recent years. As standardization is a major catalyst to global commerce, The World Trade … international standardization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048143
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Trade, testing and toasters : conformity assessment procedures and the TBT Committee
McDaniels, Devin; Karttunen, Marianna - 2016 - Manuscript date: June 2016
Duplication, delays or discrimination in CAPs can significantly increase trade costs, and this risk is reflected in the growing importance of CAPs in WTO discussions and bilateral and regional free trade agreements. This paper conducts an empirical study of the trade issues that WTO Members...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507636
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How does the regular work of WTO influence regional trade agreements? : the case of international standards and the TBT Committee
McDaniels, Devin; Molina, Ana Cristina; Wijkström, Erik - 2018 - Manuscript date: 23 March 2018
This paper illustrates how the work of the WTO's standing committees is fuelling regulatory cooperation between WTO members, and inspiring RTA negotiators. We explore, as a case study, how the WTO TBT Committee has shaped provisions on international standards in RTAs, and focus on the extent to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847570
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International standards and the WTO TBT Agreement : improving governance for regulatory alignment
Wijkström, Erik; McDaniels, Devin - 2013 - Manuscript date: 19 March 2013
The WTO TBT Agreement obliges governments to use international standards as a basis for regulation, yet leaves a degree of flexibility with respect to the choice of standard, and the manner of its use. This interplay between obligation and flexibility has given rise to tension in various fora of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882797
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International Standards and the WTO TBT Agreement : Improving Governance for Regulatory Alignment
Wijkström, Erik; McDaniels, Devin - 2013
The WTO TBT Agreement obliges governments to use international standards as a basis for regulation, yet leaves a degree of flexibility with respect to the choice of standard, and the manner of its use. This interplay between obligation and flexibility has given rise to tension in various fora of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158448
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International Technical Standards and Essential Patents : From International Harmonization to Competition of Technologies
Hazucha, Branislav - 2013
international levels. The Article points out that the outcome of international standardization should not be an adoption of any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014193812
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Into the Abyss of Standard-Setting : An Analysis of Procedural and Substantive Guarantees within ISO
Delimatsis, Panos - 2014
standards in recent years. The World Trade Organization (WTO) exercises a high level of deference towards international … mechanics of international standard-setting processes within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043553
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Trade Networks and Diffusion of Regulatory Standards
Rocha, Sergio; Thakur, Prakrati - 2021
We study network effects in the diffusion of regulatory standards through international trade. Our results show that countries are more likely to domestically adopt regulations that they comply with while exporting. We find evidence of such diffusion primarily in regulations concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239872
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Catalyst or barrier? : heterogeneous effects of standards on agricultural trade between China and the Belt and Road countries
Yang, Lijuan; Du, Weigong - In: International studies of economics 18 (2023) 1, pp. 53-79
There is an ongoing debate about whether standards act as trade catalysts or barriers. This article uses a gravity model to analyze the effects of national standards on the trade of agricultural products between China and the 64 Belt and Road (B&R) countries from 1990 to 2019. Mandatory...
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