North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade

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 liter...

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Main Authors:	Disdier, Anne-Célia, Fontagné, Lionel, Cadot, Olivier
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AD VALOREM AGGREGATE TRADE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FLOWS BILATERAL IMPORTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BLOC IMPORTS BLOC TARIFFS BORDER MEASURES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONVERGENCE COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS UNION DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING NATIONS DOLLAR VALUE DOMESTIC REGULATIONS DOMESTIC SALES DOMESTIC STANDARDS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT TAX EXPORT TAXES EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL EFFICIENCY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADING GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY FRAMEWORK GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES HARMONIZATION IMPORT DEMAND IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE LEGAL TEXT LIBERALIZING TRADE MARKET REGULATIONS MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MEMBER COUNTRIES MFN TARIFFS MULTILATERAL ARENA MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF MEASURES PATTERN OF TRADE PATTERNS OF TRADE PERFECT COMPETITION POLICY RESEARCH PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE INDEX PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION CHAINS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BASIS REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY COOPERATION REGULATORY STANDARDS RULES OF ORIGIN SAFETY STANDARDS SCALE ECONOMIES SINGLE MARKET STANDARD ERRORS TAX TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TERMS OF TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE COSTS TRADE CREATION TRADE DATA TRADE DEFLECTION TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EFFECT TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FLOW TRADE FLOWS TRADE FORUM TRADE IMPACT TRADE IN GOODS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MODELS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS TRADE RELATIONS TRADE STRUCTURE TRADE SYSTEM TRADING PARTNERS TRADING SYSTEM TRADING VOLUMES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18552913/north-south-standards-harmonization-international-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16903