Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia

Despite trade liberalization efforts made by Eurasian countries, the export structure of the region shows significant levels of concentration across export destinations. To shed light on this observation, this research analyzes trade policy barrier...

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Main Authors:	Cusolito, Ana Paula, Hollweg, Claire H.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AFFIRMATIVE DUMPING ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DATABASE ANTIDUMPING MEASURES ANTIDUMPING POLICY APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CENTRAL BANK CLOSED ECONOMY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONCESSIONS CONSUMERS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC LAW ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT BANS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT BIAS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT MARKET EXPORT RESTRICTIONS EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TARIFFS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINAL GOODS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOREIGN COUNTRY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE ZONE GLOBAL MARKETS IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT PRODUCT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORTED PRODUCTS IMPORTING COUNTRY IMPORTS INCOME GROUPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOINT VENTURE LEGAL ADVICE LEVEL OF PROTECTION
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spelling	okr-10986-155762021-04-23T14:03:19Z Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia Cusolito, Ana Paula Hollweg, Claire H. AFFIRMATIVE DUMPING ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DATABASE ANTIDUMPING MEASURES ANTIDUMPING POLICY APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CENTRAL BANK CLOSED ECONOMY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONCESSIONS CONSUMERS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC LAW ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT BANS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT BIAS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT MARKET EXPORT RESTRICTIONS EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TARIFFS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINAL GOODS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOREIGN COUNTRY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE ZONE GLOBAL MARKETS IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT PRODUCT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORTED PRODUCTS IMPORTING COUNTRY IMPORTS INCOME GROUPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOINT VENTURE LEGAL ADVICE LEVEL OF PROTECTION Despite trade liberalization efforts made by Eurasian countries, the export structure of the region shows significant levels of concentration across export destinations. To shed light on this observation, this research analyzes trade policy barriers in Eurasia, East Asia and the Pacific, and the European Union. Using the most recent data from sources including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank including the Overall Trade Restrictiveness Indices, the Services Trade Restrictions Database, and the Temporary Trade Barriers Database the role of tariffs, non-tariff measures, temporary trade barriers, trade agreements, and trade barriers in services are explored to explain the lack of diversification by destination. Several conclusions can be drawn from the analysis. First, China, Korea, and Japan, as well as the European Union, impose high levels of protection on products of animal origin, which may explain the lack of Eurasian export diversification toward the East Asia and the Pacific and the European Union regions. It also highlights the potential benefits of diversifying the structure of production in Eurasia toward more sophisticated and technologically intensive goods. Second, the East Asia and the Pacific region (especially China) appears to be more protectionist than the European Union, suggesting a greater challenge for Eurasian countries in diversifying exports to the destination. And third, few or no regional trade agreements exist between Eurasian countries and countries in the European Union or East Asia and the Pacific. 2013-09-04T16:42:25Z 2013-09-04T16:42:25Z 2013-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17664881/trade-policy-barriers-obstacle-export-diversification-eurasia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15576 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6434 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia South Asia East Asia Europe Oceania European Union
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topic	AFFIRMATIVE DUMPING ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DATABASE ANTIDUMPING MEASURES ANTIDUMPING POLICY APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CENTRAL BANK CLOSED ECONOMY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONCESSIONS CONSUMERS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC LAW ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT BANS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT BIAS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT MARKET EXPORT RESTRICTIONS EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TARIFFS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINAL GOODS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOREIGN COUNTRY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE ZONE GLOBAL MARKETS IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT PRODUCT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORTED PRODUCTS IMPORTING COUNTRY IMPORTS INCOME GROUPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOINT VENTURE LEGAL ADVICE LEVEL OF PROTECTION
spellingShingle	AFFIRMATIVE DUMPING ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DATABASE ANTIDUMPING MEASURES ANTIDUMPING POLICY APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS CENTRAL BANK CLOSED ECONOMY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONCESSIONS CONSUMERS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES COUNTERVAILING MEASURES CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC LAW ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT BANS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT BIAS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT MARKET EXPORT RESTRICTIONS EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TARIFFS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINAL GOODS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOREIGN COUNTRY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE ZONE GLOBAL MARKETS IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT PRODUCT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORTED PRODUCTS IMPORTING COUNTRY IMPORTS INCOME GROUPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOINT VENTURE LEGAL ADVICE LEVEL OF PROTECTION Cusolito, Ana Paula Hollweg, Claire H. Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia South Asia East Asia Europe Oceania European Union
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6434
description	Despite trade liberalization efforts made by Eurasian countries, the export structure of the region shows significant levels of concentration across export destinations. To shed light on this observation, this research analyzes trade policy barriers in Eurasia, East Asia and the Pacific, and the European Union. Using the most recent data from sources including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank including the Overall Trade Restrictiveness Indices, the Services Trade Restrictions Database, and the Temporary Trade Barriers Database the role of tariffs, non-tariff measures, temporary trade barriers, trade agreements, and trade barriers in services are explored to explain the lack of diversification by destination. Several conclusions can be drawn from the analysis. First, China, Korea, and Japan, as well as the European Union, impose high levels of protection on products of animal origin, which may explain the lack of Eurasian export diversification toward the East Asia and the Pacific and the European Union regions. It also highlights the potential benefits of diversifying the structure of production in Eurasia toward more sophisticated and technologically intensive goods. Second, the East Asia and the Pacific region (especially China) appears to be more protectionist than the European Union, suggesting a greater challenge for Eurasian countries in diversifying exports to the destination. And third, few or no regional trade agreements exist between Eurasian countries and countries in the European Union or East Asia and the Pacific.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Cusolito, Ana Paula Hollweg, Claire H.
author_facet	Cusolito, Ana Paula Hollweg, Claire H.
author_sort	Cusolito, Ana Paula
title	Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia
title_short	Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia
title_full	Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia
title_fullStr	Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia
title_full_unstemmed	Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia
title_sort	trade policy barriers : an obstacle to export diversification in eurasia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17664881/trade-policy-barriers-obstacle-export-diversification-eurasia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15576
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