Disdier, Anne-Célia; Stone, Susan F.; Tongeren, Frank … - 2019
Cutting trade costs, especially those stemming from non-tariff measures, is a growing priority for policy makers. One … evidence, in the context of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) provisions. It measures the … accounting for the level of commitment between partners. The estimation results suggest that PTAs including SPS and TBT measures …