Non-trade standards
- Trade an important issue for the April G20 summit
- Trade issues need to be high on the agenda after being side-lined at the last G20 meeting in November. This ebook aims to inform practical measures to address the problem of protectionism amongst policy makers leading up to the summit on April 2nd 2009.
Previous feature: Food safety and agricultural health standards: challenges and opportunities for developing country exports
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- SPS and TBT as an important impediment to US corn trade
- ( S. Jayasinghe;J. Beghin;G.C. Moschini / AgEcon Search , 2008)
- The United States (US) is a large net exporter of corn seeds. This paper econometrically investigates the determinants of world demand for US corn seeds. The paper notes that there has been a rising u...
- The developmental interests of the developing countries in the WTO
- ( S. Page;M. Cali;D.W te Velde / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008)
- This paper aims to summarise the interests of different developing country groups in each of the most important negotiating issues at the current stage of the negotiations. It provides a snapshot of t...
- Liberalising environmental goods and services in the context of a strategic sustainable development policy
- ( E. Claro;N. Lucas;M. Sugathan / Trade and Environment , 2007)
- Recently, there have been WTO negotiations on environmental goods and services (EGS). This has raised concerns with many developing countries. They are notably worried about a possible inclusion of go...
- Uganda’s capacity to comply with food safety requirements in export markets
- ( N. Rudaheranwa;M. Guloba;W. Nabiddo / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda , 2007)
- This paper undertakes a situational analysis of Uganda’s capacity to comply with food safety requirements in export markets, and quantifies cost estimates of capacity gaps. Tariff-related barrie...
- Trade regimes change required for sustainable land management
- ( M. Chamay;J. Hepburn;M. Gueye Kamal;M. Sugathan;E. Canigiani / Global Mechanism , 2007)
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Drylands have potential for economic activity now markets are emerging for natural products such as aloe or gum Arabic. However it is difficult to take advantage of these opportunities because ther...
- The effect of regional liberalisation of technical barriers to trade
- ( S. Baller / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 2007)
- This study investigates trade effects of regional liberalisation of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) in the form of harmonisation and mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) for testing procedures. The...
- Plan for developing African trade capacity
- ( I. Foss / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , 2004)
- This detailed report takes as its context the rapid rise in global trade and the development of international supply chains, pointing out that Africa has seriously lagged behind in these processes, Af...
- Trade issues for the tsunami affected countries
- ( H.J. Lee; K. Logez / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2005)
- In the context of suggestions that trade could be a more useful instrument to assist the recovery of affected countries than aid transfers alone, this paper examines the economies of the affected coun...
- Ecolabelling as an environmental policy tool and as a potential trade barrier
- ( T. Rotherham / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2005)
- This report reviews what is known about ecolabelling as an environmental policy tool and as a potential trade barrier. It focuses on five well-known ecolabelling programmes that incorporate environmen...
- Developing countries can profit from rising food safety standards
- ( World Bank , 2005)
- The report summarises the findings of a World Bank research program on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, which was designed to improve understanding of an emerging set of policy and commercia...
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