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 literature to the effects of NTM liberalization in the co...

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Main Authors:	Disdier, Anne-Célia, Fontagné, Lionel, Cadot, Olivier
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2017
Subjects:	non-tariff measures non-tariff barriers economic integration trade liberalization technical barriers international trade trade theory standards harmonization trade impact
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25844

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spelling	okr-10986-258442021-04-23T14:04:32Z North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier non-tariff measures non-tariff barriers economic integration trade liberalization technical barriers international trade trade theory standards harmonization trade impact 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 the context of EIAs. In this paper, we focus on provisions for technical regulations and analyze whether the North-South harmonization of technical barriers affects international trade. Using a gravity equation, we test whether, as a result of the deep integration associated with standards provisions included in the EIA, the Southern partners' trade expands with the North, but at the expense of their trade with non-bloc Southern partners. Empirical results provide strong support for this conjecture. Moreover, harmonization on the basis of regional standards negatively impacts the exports of developing countries to the North. 2017-01-11T22:26:56Z 2017-01-11T22:26:56Z 2015-07 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25844 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research European Union Chile Mexico Tunisia United States West Bank and Gaza
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spellingShingle	non-tariff measures non-tariff barriers economic integration trade liberalization technical barriers international trade trade theory standards harmonization trade impact Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
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description	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 the context of EIAs. In this paper, we focus on provisions for technical regulations and analyze whether the North-South harmonization of technical barriers affects international trade. Using a gravity equation, we test whether, as a result of the deep integration associated with standards provisions included in the EIA, the Southern partners' trade expands with the North, but at the expense of their trade with non-bloc Southern partners. Empirical results provide strong support for this conjecture. Moreover, harmonization on the basis of regional standards negatively impacts the exports of developing countries to the North.
format	Journal Article
author	Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier
author_facet	Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier
author_sort	Disdier, Anne-Célia
title	North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
title_short	North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
title_full	North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
title_fullStr	North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
title_full_unstemmed	North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
title_sort	north-south standards harmonization and international trade
publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2017
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25844
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North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade

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