Search
Searching with a thematic focus on Trade Policy, Trade Liberalisation, nontrade standards
Showing 1-4 of 4 results
- Document
Trade in environmental goods and services and sustainable development: domestic considerations and strategies for WTO negotiations
Trade and Environment, 2007Recently, 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 goods only vaguely linked to environmental protection and about the impact of WTO EGS rulings on their domestic industries. Key issues for WTO EGS negotiations are:DocumentTrade effects of regional standards liberalization: a heterogeneous firms approach
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007This 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.DocumentFood safety and agricultural health standards: challenges and opportunities for developing country exports
World Bank, 2005The 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 commercial issues in the area of food safety and agricultural health.Key findings presented in the report include:developing countries facing the challenges of rising health and food safety standardDocumentWTO: Understanding the Development Angle [Trade and Development Background Briefings]
Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999Series of 10 short background papers, each on a different aspect of the WTO agenda and describing how developing countries may be affected by different outcomes, and what preparations they need to make to participate effectively. Developing countries have joined the WTO in large numbers, in the expectation that its objectives of rule-based liberal trade will foster development.