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Non-Tariff Measures and the World Trading System

Ederington, Josh; Ruta, Michele - 2016

non-violation complaints, and considers policy options beyond the WTO such as harmonization and mutual recognition of …

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Are All Trade Agreements Equal? : The Role of Distance in Shaping the Effect of Economic Integration Agreements on Trade Flows

Freeman, Rebecca; Pienknagura, Samuel - 2016

How does geographic distance affect the impact of trade agreements on bilateral exports, and through what channels? This paper examines this questions in a gravity model context for different types of goods for 185 countries over the period 1965-2010. Three stylized facts emerge. First, although...

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European Community???Sugar : Cross-Subsidization and the World Trade Organization

Hoekman, Bernard M.; Howse, Robert - 2012

levels as established by European Union commitments in the WTO. This case had major implications for both European Union … noteworthy in the use of economic arguments by the WTO dispute settlement panel, which held that the excess sugar exports were in … arguments of the panel could apply to many other policy areas, in practice WTO provisions greatly limit the scope to bring …

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Technical Measures to Trade in Central America : Incidence, Price Effects, and Consumer Welfare

Kelleher, Sinead; Reyes, José-Daniel - 2014

Despite the widespread tariff reductions sparked by the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, borders in the region remain thick, with many hurdles standing in the way of regional trade. Although anecdotal evidence suggests that nontariff measures raise trade costs and inhibit...

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Trade Effects of Regional Standards Liberalization : A Heterogeneous Firms Approach

Baller, Silja - 2012

This study investigates trade effects of the regional liberalization of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) in the form of harmonization and mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) for testing procedures. The theoretical part of the paper is framed in terms of a heterogeneous firms approach. This...

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Grain Price Spikes and Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Policy Responses : A Global Economywide Analysis

Anderson, Kym; Jensen, Hans G. - 2014

When prices spike in international grain markets, national governments often reduce the extent to which that spike affects their domestic food markets. Those actions exacerbate the price spike and international welfare transfer associated with the terms of trade change. Several recent analyses...

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Avian Influenza and the Poultry Trade

Nicita, Alessandro - 2012

Because of high mortality rates, high rates of contagion, and the possibility of cross-species infection to mammals including humans, high pathogenic avian influenza is a major concern both to consumers and producers of poultry. The implications of the avian influenza for international poultry...

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Short-Term Impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom's Export of Goods

Kee, Hiau Looi; Nicita, Alessandro - 2017

The short-term impact of Brexit on goods exports is assessed using the Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index of the United Kingdom's major trading partners. The analysis shows that in the short run, leaving the European Union may cause the United Kingdom's exports to the European Union to decrease...

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Trade Barriers or Catalysts? Non-Tariff Measures and Firm-Level Trade Margins

Fiankor, Dela-Dem Doe; Kassa, Woubet; Lartey, Abraham - 2025

This paper empirically examines how standards and technical regulations affect export margins in three African countries at the firm level. The approach involves combining detailed customs transaction data at the firm-product level with bilateral information on non-tariff measures within a...

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North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade

Disdier, Anne-C??lia; Fontagn??, Lionel; Cadot, Olivier - 2014

Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention has been given in the literature to the effects of NTM liberalization in...

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