Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?

Regional agreements on standards have been largely ignored by economists and blessed by multilateral trade rules. Using a constructed panel data that identifies the different types of agreements at the industry level, we find that such agreements increase the trade between participating countries bu...

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Main Authors:	Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang, Mattoo, Aaditya
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Trade Policy International Trade Organizations F130 Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5515

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spelling	okr-10986-55152021-04-23T14:02:22Z Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade? Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang Mattoo, Aaditya Trade Policy International Trade Organizations F130 Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Regional agreements on standards have been largely ignored by economists and blessed by multilateral trade rules. Using a constructed panel data that identifies the different types of agreements at the industry level, we find that such agreements increase the trade between participating countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Harmonization of standards may reduce the exports of excluded countries, especially in markets that have raised the stringency of standards. Mutual recognition agreements are more uniformly trade promoting unless they contain restrictive rules of origin, in which case intra-regional trade increases at the expense of imports from other countries. 2012-03-30T07:33:12Z 2012-03-30T07:33:12Z 2008 Journal Article Canadian Journal of Economics 00084085 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5515 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	Regional agreements on standards have been largely ignored by economists and blessed by multilateral trade rules. Using a constructed panel data that identifies the different types of agreements at the industry level, we find that such agreements increase the trade between participating countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Harmonization of standards may reduce the exports of excluded countries, especially in markets that have raised the stringency of standards. Mutual recognition agreements are more uniformly trade promoting unless they contain restrictive rules of origin, in which case intra-regional trade increases at the expense of imports from other countries.
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author	Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang Mattoo, Aaditya
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title	Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?
title_short	Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?
title_full	Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?
title_fullStr	Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?
title_full_unstemmed	Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?
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Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?

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