Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs

Chengyan Yue, John Beghin () and Helen Jensen

No 24765, 2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: The price-wedge method yields a tariff-equivalent estimate of technical barriers to trade (TBT). An extension of this method accounts for imperfect substitution between domestic and imported goods and incorporates recent findings on trade costs. We explore the sensitivity of this revamped tariff equivalent estimate to its determinants (substitution elasticity, preference for home good, trade cost, and the reference data chosen). We use the approach to investigate the ongoing U.S.-Japan apple trade dispute and find that removing the Japanese TBT would yield limited export gains to the United States. We then draw policy implications of our findings.

Keywords: International; Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2005
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Chapter: TARIFF EQUIVALENT OF TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WITH IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTION AND TRADE COSTS (2017)
Journal Article: Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs (2006)
Working Paper: Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs (2006)
Working Paper: Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs (2005)
Working Paper: Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs (2005)
Working Paper: Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs (2005)
Working Paper: Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs (2005)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.24765

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