Transparency in Non-tariff Measures: An International Comparison

Lili Yan Ing, Olivier Cadot and Janine Walz
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Janine Walz: The World Bank

No DP-2016-23, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: We construct an index of transparency in non-tariff measures based on notifications to the World Trade Organization under the agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and on technical barriers to trade, the existence of a trade portal giving ready access to trade-relevant regulations, the existence of NTM data collected under the Multi-Agency Support Team classification, and the results of an experiment conducted between 2015 and 2016 where we asked for specific regulations concerning the import of a particular product on behalf of a private company. The resulting country ranking shows that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries are, by and large, the most transparent, but also shows that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states score well compared to other developing countries.

Keywords: International trade; non-tariff measures; transparency; governance; index; ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages.
Date: 2016-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-int and nep-sea
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Working Paper: Transparency in Non-tariff Measures: An International Comparison (2017)
Working Paper: Transparency in Non-Tariff Measures: An International Comparison (2016)
Working Paper: Transparency in Non-Tariff Measures: An International Comparison (2016)
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