4 Transparency in Nontariff Measures: Effects on Agricultural Trade

Iza Lejárraga, Ben Shepherd and Frank van Tongeren

A chapter in Nontariff Measures with Market Imperfections: Trade and Welfare Implications, 2013, pp 99-125 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Can transparency mitigate the trade-distortive effects of nontariff measures (NTMs)? This chapter explores the trade impact associated with promoting greater transparency in NTMs, using a new database of transparency provisions in over 100 Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). The investigation surveys the incidence and scope of transparency provisions in RTAs, and econometrically assesses the trade effects of these instruments on bilateral agricultural and food trade. The findings demonstrate that transparency provisions in RTAs are associated with greater agricultural trade flows, suggesting that transparency should remain an important element of ongoing policy efforts to make NTMs less onerous for trade in agriculture.

Keywords: Transparency; nontariff measures; agriculture; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; SPS; technical barriers to trade (TBTs); Regional Trade Agreements (RTA). (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1108/S1574-8715(2013)0000012009

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